An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady.

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Title An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady.
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Signed Author Written by a lady.
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Volumes 1
Pagination [21], 148
Date of Publication 1696
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1696
Imprint Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson at the Black Boy, and R. Clavel at the Peacock, in Fleatstreet, 1696.
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Octavo (8vo)
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  • BL General Reference Collection 1081.e.15.
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Astell, Mary. An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 15665, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/15665. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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  author={Astell,Mary},
  year={1696},
  title={An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady.},
  publisher={Abel Roper II and Elizabeth Wilkinson \& Robert Clavel},
  address={London},    }

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