first edition
1912 · London
by BEVERIDGE, W.H.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1912. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original red pictorial cloth double-ruled in black, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; xxvi,324pp. International anthology of pieces on women, nearly all by men, including works by Joseph Addison, Jacques BĂ©nigne Bossuet, Cicero, Erasmus, Lafcadio Hearn, Martin Luther, Sappho, and Tolstoy, as well as Arabian, Chinese, and Japanese proverbs. (Inventory #: 25389)