01779nam 2200433Ia 450 99638629630331620200824132111.0(CKB)4940000000082819(EEBO)2240859849(OCoLC)ocm17885707e(OCoLC)17885707(EXLCZ)99494000000008281919880503d1696 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|An essay in defence of the female sex[electronic resource] in which are inserted the characters of a pendant, a squire, a beau, [brace] [brace] a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. : in a letter to a lady /written by a ladyThe second edition.London Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson ... R. Clavel ...1696[24], 148, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates. illAttributed to Mary Astell by NUC pre-1956 imprints. Attributed to Judith Drake by Wing (CD-ROM, 1996). For discussion of authorship see: Smith, Florence M. Mary Astell, New York, 1916, p. 173-182.Formerly WIng A4059 (number cancelled in Wing CD-ROM, 1996).Imperfect: print show-through.Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.eebo-0113WomenHistoryModern period, 1600-WomenSocial conditionsGreat BritainHistory1689-1714WomenHistoryWomenSocial conditions.Astell Mary1668-1731.793392Drake Judithfl. 1696-1707.1007050EAIEAIUMIWaOLNBOOK996386296303316An essay in defence of the female sex2318971UNISA