The ladies history of England
Title
The ladies history of England
Creator
Cowley, Charlotte
Publisher
London, Printed for the proprietors and sold by S. Bladon, No. 13, in Pater-noster-Row
Date
MDCCLXXX (1780) 1781?
Format
704, [12] pages, [60] leaves of plates; frontispiece, plates, portrait, 2 maps: 38 cm.
Description
In double columns.
Covers the early part of 1781.
On title page: "Idly too long the female pen has stray'd thro' fairy Bower, or gay enamell'd Mead, content in trifles to exert its art, play round the fancy, but not reach the heart: Mine be the task to swell th' historic page, and paint my sex's worth in every age."
Includes index.
Covers the early part of 1781.
On title page: "Idly too long the female pen has stray'd thro' fairy Bower, or gay enamell'd Mead, content in trifles to exert its art, play round the fancy, but not reach the heart: Mine be the task to swell th' historic page, and paint my sex's worth in every age."
Includes index.
Provenance
Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC
Contributor
Gift of Daniel Woolf
Language
English
Identifier
DA30 .C875 1780,
English Short Title Catalogue T103821
English Short Title Catalogue T103821
Files
Collection
Citation
Cowley, Charlotte, “The ladies history of England,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 10, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/858.