[Rarebooks] FS: 1691 Argument for the Equality of Women

[Charles Agvent]

[WALSH, William]. A DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN, BEING A DEFENCE OF THE 
SEX, WRITTEN TO EUGENIA. London: R. Bentley and J. Tonson, 1691. First 
Edition. Small octavo (4-1/8" x 6-3/8") bound in later red morocco gilt, 
gilt borders with floral decoration at each corner of inner panel, spine 
gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers; [viii], 134 pages with original 
blanks. Walsh's first book, with a six-page preface by John Dryden, is a 
defense against literary attacks on women's intellectual powers and an 
argument for the equality of women. Text quite clean. Head of spine 
chipped with the front cover neatly detached but present. Very Good and 
rather scarce.

Poet, critic, mentor to Alexander Pope, member of Parliament, and man of 
fashion, Walsh was friendly with many of the poets and writers of his 
day. (#016113)        $5,000.00

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