Gynaikeiōn; or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women (1629 Heywood), book
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Gynaikeiōn; or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women (1629) is a book by Thomas Heywood.
Abstract
"An early 17th century encyclopedia of women. Covers goddesses of ancient times and coverage of more than 3000 women, mythical and actual."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in London [England] : Adam Islip, 1629.
Bibliography
- Manuela D’Amore, and Michèle Lardy, Essays in Defence of the Female Sex: Custom, Education and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012).