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Poullain de la Barre (Francois) , DE L'EGALITE DES DEUX SEXES, DISCOURS PHYSIQUE ET MORAL....Pa…

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Poullain de la Barre (Francois) ,  DE L'EGALITE DES DEUX SEXES, DISCOURS PHYSIQUE ET MORAL....Pa…
Poullain de la Barre (Francois)<P> DE L'EGALITE DES DEUX SEXES, DISCOURS PHYSIQUE ET MORAL....Paris, 1673. 1st edn. Sm 8vo. Engr. t.p. vignette. Closed tear at foot of title. Crimson morocco gt. by Riviere. Gt. ruled and spine in finely stamped gt. compartments. Nice copy. A.e.g. This work, later issued in England as "Woman as good as Man", analyses the male monopoly of power and argues that women are not excluded from power on grounds of ability.<P>