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s.n., s.n. (1766-1766): Biographium fæmineum. The female worthies: or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of all Ages and Nations, who have been eminently distinguished for their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety and other excellent Endowments, conspicuous in all the various Stations and Relations of Life, public and private. Containing (exclusive of Foreigners) the Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies, who have shone with a peculiar Lustre, and given the noblest Proofs of the most exalted Genius, and superior Worth. Collected from History, and the most approved Biographers, and brought down to the present Time. 2 vols, 1st ed., Vol. 1: XXIII + 261 p.; Vol. 2: 273 + [I] p., London. 12°,

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Wichmann, Christian August and Lacroix, Jean-François de (1772-1775): Geschichte berühmter Frauenzimmer nach alphabetischer Ordnung aus alten und neuen in- und ausländischen Geschicht-Sammlungen und Wörterbüchern zusammen getragen. 3 vols, 1st ed., vol. 1: XVI p., 776 p.; vol. 2: 838 p.; vol. 3: [II] p., 796 p., Leipzig. Several vignettes in the different volumes., 8°,