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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 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for A. Roper at the Black Boy, and R. Clavel at the Peacock, both in Fleetstreet, 1697.
Edition:The third edition with additions.
Subjects:
Women's rights > Early works to 1800.
Feminism > Early works to 1800.
Women > England > Social conditions > 17th century > Early works to 1800.
Femmes > Droits > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Féminisme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Femmes.
Féminisme.
Femmes > Droits.
Femmes > Angleterre > Ouvrages avant 1800.
feminism.
Women
Feminism
Women's rights
England
Essays
Engravings
Early works
Essays.
Engravings.
Description
Item Description:Authorship uncertain: attributed to either Mary Astell or Judith Drake. Cf. Halkett & Laing, (new ed.) v.2, p. 190.
The words "A pedant, . beau," and "A vertuoso, . city-critick, &c." are bracketed together on title page
Includes index.
Formerly Wing A4060 (under Astell).
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages, 148 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustration (engraving) ; 19 cm