Female excellency, or, The ladies glory : illustrated in the worthy lives and memorable actions of nine famous women ... namely, I. Deborah the prophetess, II. The valiant Judith, III. Queen Esther, IV. The virtuous Susanna, V. The chast Lucretia, VI. Voadicia queen of Brittain, VII. Marianne wife to King Herod, VIII. Clotilda queen of France, IX. Andegona princess of Spain ... / by R.B.

Accession number

PML 87367

Creator

R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.

Published

London : Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultrey near Cheapside, 1688.

Credit line

Gift of Justin G. Schiller in honor of Anna Lou Ashby, 2011.

Notes

Signatures: A-H12 (incl. front.).
R.B. stands for Robert or Richard Burton, the pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch.
Crouch's advertisements: p. [178-186].

Description

3 p.l., 177, [9] p. : incl. front., illus. ; 15 cm. (12mo)

Provenance

Amorial bookplate of John S. Pakington, baron Hampton.

Binding

Blind-tooled calf.

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