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Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Mary  Wollstonecraft]

Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Mary Wollstonecraft]

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Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Mary Wollstonecraft]

by Godwin, William

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London: J. Johnson 1798. Small 8vo. Second Edition, Corrected. [vi], 206 pp. Recent half brown speckled calf over marbled boards with raised bands, red title label, gilt lettering and devices; marbled endpapers, early top edge gilt, others uncut. Minor spots throughout, lacks advert leaf. Portrait of Wollstonecraft by Opie, engraved by Heath as frontispiece. William Godwin's biography of his late wife, Mary Wollstonecraft - early feminist writer, radical and philosopher, and mother of Mary Shelley. Infamously, Godwin was forced to release this second edition with major corrections within the year after he shocked the public and inadvertently destroyed Wollstonecraft's reputation by the candidness of the memoir, including details - such as her affairs and suicide attempts - that late eighteenth-century society judged to be in bad taste. 17.8 cms tall . Very Good. Half Speckled Calf. Second Corrected Edition. 1798.

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Title
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Author
Godwin, William
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Half Speckled Calf
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Second Corrected Edition
Publisher
J. Johnson 1798
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1798
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Small 8vo.
Keywords
Feminism,Mary Wollstonecraft,Women's rights,Suffragettes
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Top Edge Gilt
Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Marbled boards
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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...

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