[VALENS Acidalius]. A PARADOX ON WOMEN, OR AN ATTEMPT TO PRO - Lot 221

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[VALENS Acidalius]. A PARADOX ON WOMEN, OR AN ATTEMPT TO PRO - Lot 221
[VALENS Acidalius]. A PARADOX ON WOMEN, OR AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE NOT OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. In Cracow, 1766. In-12 of 76 pages, blond calf, gilt fillets on the boards, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Free translation by Charles Clapiès filled with curious quotations (cf. Gay II, 6). Bound at the end: - LETTERS ON THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND ON THEIR CHARACTER IN GENERAL, by the Chevalier de Ranto de Laborie. Saint-Omer, chez Boubers, 1767. 48 pages. Following: REFLEXIONS NOUVELLES SUR LES FEMMES by the Marquise de Lambert. London, Coderc, 1730. 18]-86 pages (badly numbered). Following: FELICITY OF DOGS, by Monsieur B. de S. Paris, Prault, 1737. [2]-27-[6]-1bl. pages. (Not in Barbier). Following: LA MECHANTE FEMME by [Louis Coquelet]. Paris, Langlois, 1728. 27-[1] pages. (Gay III, 93). Following: LE PARALLEL VIVANT DES DEUX SEXES, by a soldier. [Thomas or Collet] Amsterdam and Paris, Dufour, 1769. 64 pages. (Barbier III, 782). Unusual collection of 6 rare works on women. Good copy bound in the period.
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