Roma: Per Luigi Perego Savioni Stampator Vaticano incontro la fabbrica de S. Agostino, [1789]. First Italian edition. In contemporary green blank wrappers. Contemporary Italian translation of a scarce Spanish proto-feminist work. Josefa Amar y Borbón (1749–1833) was born in Madrid into a family of physicians on her father's side..... More

Basel: [Robert Winter], [1541]. Sewn without binding. 8vo. [24], 115, [3], [1 blank], [1] pp. Woodcut printer’s device on final page. A rare 1541 Basel edition of Brandolinus’s dialogue composed for King Matthias Corvinus—a philosophical reflection on illness, mortality, and the ideals of Renaissance kingship. A humanist dialogue addressed..... More

London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. In 3 volumes. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; spines gilt in compartments with green morocco title- and volume-labels. [2] 259 [1]; [2] 268; [2] 296, 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements. Early Anglo-Indian novel by Mary Frazer Campbell, one of the few women to depict..... More

Assisi: 1794. First edition. In later paper. CX [2] p. First edition of this important and scarce Italian proto-feminist work. Breve difesa dei diritti delle donne ("Brief Defense of Women's Rights") is a significant contribution to the Early Modern Italian debate on gender. Although the eighteenth century was pivotal..... More