[BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY]. [LACROIX, Jean-Francois de [Marquis de Castries]

DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE PORTATIF DES FEMMES CELEBRES; [in three volumes]

Paris: Cellot, 1769. First Edition. 12mo, iv, 446; 489; 506. Bound in contemporary calf, stamped in gilt. A little light foxing and toning, a very good set. Cioranescu, A. 18s. 35476; Gerritsen collection of women's history, no. 1581. Item #53446

The first French biographical dictionary devoted to women.

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