Sur la noblesse, & excellence du sexe feminin, de sa preeminence sur l’autre sexe, & du sacrement du marriage. Avec le Traittè sur l’incertitude, aussi bien que la vanitè des sciences & des arts [...], traduit par le celebre Sr. de Gueudeville. Tome premier [- troisième].

Leiden, T. Haak, 1786

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12mo: [26]-1350 (= 1354) pp.

Contemp. mottled calf, richly gilt spine with 4 raised bands and label, marbled edges. Nice copy.

Repr. (1st 1713) of the French trsl. by Nicolas de Gueudeville (1650-1720) of the voluminous essays on women and on science by the Low Countries humanist H.C. Agrippa (1486-1534). Full-page engraved portrait and frontispiece. Titles in red and black.
Ref. BGL I:833. - Caillet 92. - STCN 304261335 (i.a. BL).
Prov. Bookpl. removed. - "Tilhører Grevskabet Christiansholm", i.e. the library of the Raben family in the Danish County of Christiansholm, founded 1734 (stamp on title).