An Essay in defence of the female sex
Subtitle: In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady.
By: Written by a lady.
Contributors: Astell, Mary, 1668-1731.; Drake, Judith, fl. 1696-1707.; Drake, James, 1667-1707.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 12044.
Publisher: Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson ... and R. Clavel ...
Published: 1696
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Women
Notes: Table of contents: [4] p. at end.

Includes commendatory verses by James Drake.

Authorship in doubt. Attributed to both Mary Astell and Judith Drake. cf. F.M. Smith. Mary Astell; S. Halkett and J. Laing. Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature, LEL 12044)

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