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 [i.e. Mrs. Drake].

  • Mary Astell
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1696
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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 [i.e. Mrs. Drake]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, and R. Clavel, 1696.

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12 unnumbered leaves, 148 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : engr. frontispiece ; (8vo)

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The 2d ed.

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Wing A4059
ESTC R38671
Wing (2nd ed., 1994), D2125B

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Copy 1 Note: Also attributed to Mary Astell.

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