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A Legacy for the Ladies. or, Characters of the Women of the Age. By the late Ingenious Mr. Thomas Brown. With a Comical View of London and Westminster: Or. The Merry Quack; where-in Physic is Rectified for both the Beaus and Ladies. In Two Parts. The First Part by Mr. Tho. Brown: The Second Part by Mr. Edw. Ward, Author of the London-Spy, &c. To which is prefixt, The Character of Mr. Tho. Brown, and his Writings, Written by Dr. Drake.
by BROWN, Thomas, Edward Ward, & James Drake
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- Hardcover
- first
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed by H Meere, for S Briscoe, and sold by J Nutt, 1705. First edition. 8vo, [12], xiv, [6], & 192 pp, which include a four page catalog of books available from John Nutt following the table of contents, and a separate title page preceding part two. Contemporary full brown calf with a gilt-lettered maroon leather spine label, the spine & covers decorated in gilt Ribbon marker sewn. in ESTC T144140.
Binding rubbed, upper joint just being to crack, short tear & small hole at v/vi (not affecting text), p 39 with brief bracketing in ink, moderately toned & foxed, otherwise very good.
A splendid gathering of satirical sketches which, as indicated by OCLC, are "intended to be comic, but also reveal a great deal about attitudes and the behaviour expected of women"
Selections include:
"The Character of a Wanton Woman", "a Modest Woman", "a pretended Godly Woman", "a Religious Woman", "A Gaming Woman", etc as well as a collection of poems perhaps best represented by the infamous "A Satyr upon a Fart" or perhaps "The Character of a Barren Adultress."
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- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 870
- Title
- A Legacy for the Ladies. or, Characters of the Women of the Age. By the late Ingenious Mr. Thomas Brown. With a Comical View of London and Westminster: Or. The Merry Quack; where-in Physic is Rectified for both the Beaus and Ladies. In Two Parts. The First Part by Mr. Tho. Brown: The Second Part by Mr. Edw. Ward, Author of the London-Spy, &c. To which is prefixt, The Character of Mr. Tho. Brown, and his Writings, Written by Dr. Drake.
- Author
- BROWN, Thomas, Edward Ward, & James Drake
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by H. Meere, for S. Briscoe, and sold by J. Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1705
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Women, Satire, Great Britain, London, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Literature, Fiction, Poetry;
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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