Beschreibung:

HEYWOOD, Thomas] The Generall Historie of Women, concerning the lives of the most holy and prophane, the most famous and infamous in all ages, exactly described not only from poeticall fictions, but from the most ancient, modern and admired historians ... , London: W. H. for W. H., 1657. 8°, engraved frontispiece (frontispiece laid down, slightly damaged at foot and cropped at upper and lower blank margins, therefore possibly supplied from another copy, short tear to S4 affecting final line of text, Dd3 with piece torn from outer margin, occasional spotting and soiling), 19th century black straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with geometrical design enclosing a central armorial after Brook, gilt panelled spine (some rubbing of joints and spine), g.e. Second edition, first published in 1624 under the title Gunaikeion or Nine Book of Various History concerninge Women , Wing H1794. GLANVIL, Joseph. Saducismus Triumphatus: or Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions , London: for A. L. by Roger Tuckyr, 1700. 8°, engraved frontispiece and one engraved plate (lacking advertisment leaves and ?endpapers, occasional spotting and browning), contemporary brown calf, red calf label to spine (rubbed, a little worn). Wing G826. With another copy of Thomas Heywood's The Generall Historie of Women (London, 1657, lacks S 4 - 5, some leaves torn with loss), and The Whole Duty of a Woman (London, n.d., lacks ?front endpapers). (4)