Red Dragon I.T. Ltd.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF WOMEN, or A Compendium of the many Virtues that Adorn the Fair Sex Represented not only in Lively and Pathetical Discourses grounded upon Reason, but in Sundry rare Examples of Virtuous Love, Piety, Prudence, Modesty, Chastity, Patience, Hnmility [sic], Temperance, Conduct, Constancy and Firmness of Mind; with what else
Published by Printed for John Harris at the Harrow against the Church in the Poultrey in London 1686
SKU: 53918
£450.00
FIRST EDITION 12mo. (approx. 14.5 x 8.5cm) original full calf binding with no endpapers and 17th century printed papers lining boards visible. Engraved frontispiece with jagged outer and lower edges where the other half of the fold-out illustration has been lost (please see photos). Title page with verso printed with words
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