first edition
1737 · Paris
by [GALIEN, M[adame] De Chateau-Thierry]
Paris: Chez Didot, 1737. First Edition. 12mo, [xxiv], 270, [iv], i (errata). Lacks the top one inch of the front blank, names written in pencil, ink ownership signature on the top of the title-page. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine gilt, some light water staining, a very good tight clean copy. Illustrated with ornaments and initial letters. INED, 1950; Cioranescu, 30195. Galien was charged by her Church to write this work on the merits of the female sex. (Inventory #: 34651)