Lot 63
Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first American edition, Philadelphia, Printed for Mathew Carey, 1794.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first American edition, foxed and browned throughout, N4 with clean tear into text block, contemporary tree sheep, rubbed, extremities worn, [PMM 242 for 1792 1st ed.], 8vo, Philadelphia, Printed for Mathew Carey, 1794.
⁂ The first American edition, published two years after the London edition, of this seminal work in the history of feminism.
Description
Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first American edition, foxed and browned throughout, N4 with clean tear into text block, contemporary tree sheep, rubbed, extremities worn, [PMM 242 for 1792 1st ed.], 8vo, Philadelphia, Printed for Mathew Carey, 1794.
⁂ The first American edition, published two years after the London edition, of this seminal work in the history of feminism.