The history of women, from the earliest antiquity, to the present time : giving some account of almost every interesting particular concerning that sex, among all nations, ancient and modern / by William Alexander, M.D. ; in two volumes.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Alexander, William, -1783.

Contributor:

• Strahan, William, 1715-1785, bookseller.
• Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802, bookseller.
• W. Strahan and T. Cadell (Firm), bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Women--History--Early works to 1800.
• Women--Social conditions--Early works to 1800.
• Women.
• Social Conditions--history.
• Women--Social conditions.
• History.

Medical Subjects:

• Women.
• Social Conditions--history.

Genre:

• Integral errata lists (Printing) -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

• Zachs, William (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 29 cm (folio)

Fingerprint:

• g.re nde- s-he *Pin (3) 1779 (R) v.1
• 96I. ndto ofhe anEg (3) 1779 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell ..., MDCCLXXIX [1779]

Notes:

• Signatures: v. 1: A-3B⁴ 3C⁴(-3C4) ; v. 2: [A]² B-2Y⁴ 2Z⁴(-2Z4).
• Pagination: v. 1: [8], 368, [14] p. ; v. 2: [4], 344, [14] p.
• Printed marginalia.
• Errata at end of each vol.
• Includes indexes.

Local Notes:

• RBC copy: each vol. has early ms. inscription ("AMS") on front pastedown.
• RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. William Zachs.
• RBC copy: each vol. bound in full early calf; gold-tooled cover edges; spine tooled in gold; gold-stamped brown leather spine label with brief title ("ALEXANDER'S HIST. OF WOMEN"); gold-stamped red leather spine label with vol. number; all edges yellow.

Cited in:

• ESTC T36567
• Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 10

OCLC:

14827105