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Haec Homo, Wherein the Excellency of the Creation of Woman is described, By way of an Essay by Austin, William - 1637
by Austin, William
Haec Homo, Wherein the Excellency of the Creation of Woman is described, By way of an Essay
by Austin, William
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London: Printed by Richard Olton for Ralph Mabb, 1637. First edition. [x], 189 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Lacking portrait and engraved title, else internally fine. First edition. [x], 189 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Austin (1587-1634), a barrister of Lincoln's Inn was also author of Devotionis Avgvstininae Flamma, or, Certaine Devovt, Godly, and Learned Meditations, printed in the same year as this early work advocating legal and public liberties for women. His works were published posthumously, after his death at the age of forty-seven.
Haec Homo is said to have been inspired by Agrippa's "On the Nobility and Excellence of the Female Sex," and draws on scriptural and classical quotations.
No copy of the first edition has appeared at auction in the past 25 years. Scarce. STC 974; ESTC S100237
Haec Homo is said to have been inspired by Agrippa's "On the Nobility and Excellence of the Female Sex," and draws on scriptural and classical quotations.
No copy of the first edition has appeared at auction in the past 25 years. Scarce. STC 974; ESTC S100237
- Bookseller James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Format/Binding [x], 189 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition Used - Contemporary calf, rebacked. Lacking portrait and engraved title, else internally fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Publisher Printed by Richard Olton for Ralph Mabb
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1637
- Keywords British | Women