Women.- Hays (Mary) Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of all Ages and Countries, 6 vol., first edition, 20ff. of advertisements at end of vol.6, some browning and staining, vol. 1 hinge cracked (but firm) at title, library labels, contemporary half calf, rebacked with library calf, vol. 5 lacking spine, corners and edges worn, else rubbed, 8vo, for Richard Phillips, 1803.
⁂ First edition of this biographical work by Hays, novelist and friend of Mary Wollstonecraft. Most of her subjects are historical figures, but one also finds a number of writers, including Mary Astell, Aphra Behn, Juliana Berners, Hester Chapone, Elizabeth Haywood, Catherine Macaulay and Frances Sheridan.
Please Login or Register to request further information and images