Author: [Thomas Branagan]
Title: The Excellency of the Female Character Vindicated; Being an Investigation Relative to the Cause and Effects of the Encroachments of Men Upon the Rights of Women, and the Too Frequent Degradation and Consequent Misfortunes of the Fair Sex
Description: Harrisburg, Francis Wyeth, 1828. Third Edition. Leather. 280p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Very good condition overall. The boards are scuffed and the back cover dented, but the binding is quite sturdy. Early owner's ink signature on front free endpaper. All pages browned with age, but otherwise unmarked. A securely bound, readable copy. The author was a former slaveowner who became a Methodist preacher and abolitionist author. This is an interesting work in defense of female virtue and intellect. Measures approx. 7" x 4.5.

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