Bridgetina, ou, Les philosophes modernes. /
Hamilton, Elizabeth,1756?-1816.
Lenormand, Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Élie,1765-1832,publisher.
Binet, Louis,1744-1800?,illustrator.
Mariage, Louis François,engraver.
Arçon Brenez, Mme d',former owner.StEdNL
A Paris, : Chez le Normant, libraire, rue des Prêtres-St.-Germain-l'Auxerrois.,
An X. -- 1802..
A translation of Elizabeth Hamilton's "Memoirs of Modern Philosophers", an influential critique of what the novelist and essayist perceived as the excesses of the philosophy of 1790s radicalism. Consisting of a series of humorous sketches purporting to be a novel, Hamilton treads a middle way criticising William Godwin (1756-1836) while praising Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797).
Each volume has a half title and frontispiece.
Frontispieces signed: Binet D.; Mariage S.
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Catalogue général des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale: auteurs
Heraldic engraved bookplate on the front pastedown with the manuscript note "R F D'Arçon Brenez".
Contemporary calf-backed red paper-covered boards, front board stamped in gilt "M.m. D'Arçon Brenez".
Godwin, William, 1756-1836.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.
Hays, Mary, 1759-1843.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
Philosophy, Modern
Women
France Paris.