Linton, E. Lynn, & W. Bash Worsfold, Mabel C. Birchenough, E. C. Cork and Orrery, C. Southwood Hill, Andrew Lang, Yetta De Bury, Y. Blaze De Bury, George Augustus Sala, Marcia C. Maxwell, Yetta Blaze De Bury, A. Mary F. Robinson, H. Schutz Wilson, Margaret Maitland, Millicent Erskine Wemyss, and Ameer Ali.

Womankind and Famous Women [compilation]

1887. Looseleaf essays are bound between two brown portfolio boards; fixed with a brown ribbon. 6.75"x10.25", pp. 366. A collection of 21 essays on "womankind and famous women" selected and gathered by hand (curator unknown) in brown covers, bound with 2 hole punches and a gathered string tied in the back. One essay was bound incorrectly and is loose; others are tidy and bound well. Title is written by hand on the cover; multiple notes and annotations throughout. Essays are from the late 19th century, 1887-1899. A keen collection of early feminist baddies. Item #219

Contents include: "The Roman Matron and the Roman Lady" / E. Lynn Linton, "The Women of Chivalry" / E. Lynn Linton, "Italian Women in the Middle Ages" / E. Lynn Linton, "French Political Women" / E. Lynn Linton, "The Characteristics of English Women" / E. Lynn Linton, "Charlotte Bronte" / W. Bash Worsfold, "Jean Ingelow" / Mabel C. Birchenough, "Souvenirs of Some Court Favourites" / E. C. Cork and Orrery, "Joan of Arc" / C. Southwood Hill, "The False Pucelle" / Andrew Lang, "A Celebrated Frenchwoman" / Yetta De Bury, "The Real Madame De Pompadour" / Y. Blaze De Bury, "Marie Antoinette's Milliners' Bills" / George Augustus Sala, "Madame Necker" / Marcia C. Maxwell, "French Women in French Industry" / Yetta Blaze De Bury, "Valentine Visconti" [Parts 1 and 2] / A. Mary F. Robinson, "The Story of Bianca Cappello" / H. Schutz Wilson, "Vittoria Accoramboni" / Margaret Maitland, "The Story of an Unhappy Queen" / Millicent Erskine Wemyss, and "The Influence of Women in Islam" / Ameer Ali.

Price: $320.00