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An essay in defence of the female sex. : In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. : In a letter to a lady / Written by a lady.

Accession number
PML 151246
Published
London : Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson at the Black Boy, and R. Clavel at the Peacock, in Fleetstreet,, 1696.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Authorship in doubt. Attributed to both Mary Astell and Judith Drake. cf. F. M. Smith. Mary Astell; S. Halkett and J. Laing. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature.
The words "A pendant, .. beau" and "A vertuoso, ... &c." are bracketed together on the title page.
Bookseller's advertisement follows p. [24] of preliminaries.
Frontispiece entitled "The Compleat Beau."
Table of contents: [4] p. at end.
Includes commendatory verses by James Drake.
Description
[24], 148, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : front. (metal cut) ; 18 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Brown calf with the label "Bound by the Comte de Caumont."
Classification
Department