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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.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio HQ1121 .A4 1779 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, William, -1783.
- 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
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