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First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], viii, 280; [2], iv, 310; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; labels a little soiled, corners bumped, but generally a near fine copy throughout. Bookplate of Anne and F. G. Renier in each volume. Pink bookseller's ticket in volume I: "Sold by H. Godwin, Bookseller, / No. 24, Milsom street, Bath." A curious assemblage of material, likely compiled by a male, but with much reference to women and their concerns, such as marriages, romance, parenting, children, blushing, pronouns, love letters, and other offbeat subjects such as physiognomy, fortune-telling, fops, superstition, and practical jokes. Not common. OCLC locates 12 copies worldwide: Yale, LC, Newberry, Chicago, Chapel Hill, Texas A&M, Urbana, HRC, Sweet Briar, Boston Athenaeum, Cambridge, and the BL. Not in Halkett & Laing.
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