MEMOIRS OF EMINENTLY PIOUS WOMEN,; who were ornaments to their sex, blessings to their families and eddifying examples to their church and the world, in two volumes.
London: J. Buckland, 1777. First Edition. 8vo, pp. lxii, [ii], 436; [iv], 528 + 12 full page engraved portraits. Engraved arms of dedicatee, Countess of Huntingdon at the beginning. Occasional foxing and browning, bound in contemporary scuffed boards, later presentations on the end papers. Scarce. Item #31622
Gibbons was a dissenting minister from London and was known as a bad poet and friend of Dr. Johnson. Prefaced with an address to parents on the education of their children, and particularly their daughters, this is a collection of seventy-seven biographies, including Elizabeth Rowe, Anne Dutton, Catherine Talbot, Arabella Davies, Elizabeth Smith, Isabella Brown, Elizabeth Carter, and Sarah Trimmer.
Price: $1,250.00