Sketches of the history, genius, disposition, accomplishments, employments, customs and importance of the fair sex, in all parts of the world.
Subtitle: Interspersed with many singular and entertaining anecdotes.
By: By a friend to the sex. ; [One line from Otway]
Contributors: Adams, John, 1750?-1814.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 31688.; Early American imprints -- no. 38508.
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Sansom, Jun. No. 27, Mulberry-Street.
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Women -- History.; Women -- Social conditions.
Other titles: Sketches of the history, genius ... and importance of the fair sex.
Notes: Sometimes attributed to John Adams (1750?-1814)

Dated [1796] by Evans, entry 31688. Recorded again among imprints for 1800 (Evans entry 38508) on the basis of an advertisement of Thomas C. Cushing of Salem for copies "just received and for sale."

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2B⁶ 2C².

Error in paging: p. 217-264 misnumbered 293-340.

Evans 31688.

Evans 38508.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31688; 38508)