Vindication of the Rights of Woman
With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects.
- Dublin: Printed J. Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793
Dublin: Printed J. Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793. Full Description:
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:. With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Dublin: Printed J. Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793.
First Dublin edition. Published the year after the first English edition. Octavo (7 5/8 x
4 1/2 inches; 192 x 115 mm). xvi, 256, [4, blank] pp. Besides the present copy, we could only find two copies at auction in the past decade. According to Forum Auctions "The Dublin edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Women is the likely the rarest of the 18th century editions."
Full contemporary speckled sheep. Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Some chipping to boards and hinges are starting, but holding firm. Some mild toning. A wormhole at fore-edge margin, not affecting text. Previous female owner's old ink signature on title-page. Overall a very good copy.
In her dedication, Wollstonecraft wrote "'that, if woman be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the process of knowledge, for truth must be common to all.' The main part of her book was written in an equally plain and direct style, and it was this, as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the outcry which ensued" (PMM).
In her life Wollstonecraft was the lover of Gilbert Imlay, the wife of William Godwin, and the mother of Mary Shelley; in her writing she is the daughter of Paine and Rousseau and the mother of the entire feminist movement.
Printing and the Mind of Man 242 (first English edition). ESTC T7170
HBS 69200.
$7,500.
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:. With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Dublin: Printed J. Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793.
First Dublin edition. Published the year after the first English edition. Octavo (7 5/8 x
4 1/2 inches; 192 x 115 mm). xvi, 256, [4, blank] pp. Besides the present copy, we could only find two copies at auction in the past decade. According to Forum Auctions "The Dublin edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Women is the likely the rarest of the 18th century editions."
Full contemporary speckled sheep. Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Some chipping to boards and hinges are starting, but holding firm. Some mild toning. A wormhole at fore-edge margin, not affecting text. Previous female owner's old ink signature on title-page. Overall a very good copy.
In her dedication, Wollstonecraft wrote "'that, if woman be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the process of knowledge, for truth must be common to all.' The main part of her book was written in an equally plain and direct style, and it was this, as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the outcry which ensued" (PMM).
In her life Wollstonecraft was the lover of Gilbert Imlay, the wife of William Godwin, and the mother of Mary Shelley; in her writing she is the daughter of Paine and Rousseau and the mother of the entire feminist movement.
Printing and the Mind of Man 242 (first English edition). ESTC T7170
HBS 69200.
$7,500.
Details
Title
Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Author
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Printed J. Stockdale, for James Moore: Dublin
Date
1793