Mary Hays

Female Biography

Byrch and Small

1807

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First American edition of the three-volume print of Hays' radical feminist work covering the lives and biographies of 294 women.

  • Sold as a set of 3.
  • Mary Hays (English).
  • Female biography, or, Memoirs of illustrious and celebrated women of all ages and countries.
  • Philadelphia: Byrch and Small, 1807.
  • Octavo.
  • Vol. I: [iii]-vi, [2], 488 pages.
  • Vol. II: [6], 510 pages, [4].
  • Vol. III: [8], 512 pages, [4].
  • Bound in full calf with morocco spine labels and gilt lettering.
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Boards have light plus bumping.

Cracking to spine and joints.

Toning and light foxing.

Ink signature of previous owner ("David Crawford") on titlepages of Volumes II and III with another ownership signature cut out of same in each.

No title page of Volume I.

Last page (blank) of Vol. II is loose, but intact.

Dimensions
Height: 9 inches / 22.86 cm
Width: 6 inches / 15.24 cm
Language
English
Subject
British history, Biography
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