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Beauty's triumph: or, The superiority of the fair sex invincibly proved. [electronic resource] : Wherein the arguments for the natural right of man to a Sovereign authority over the woman are fairly urged and undeniably refuted; and the undoubted title of the ladies, even to a superiority over the men, both in head and heart, is clearly evinced; shewing their minds to be as much more beautiful than the mens as their bodies; and that, if they had the same advantages of education, they would excel their tyrants as much in sense as they do in virtue. In three parts. The whole interspers'd with a delightful variety of characters, which some of the most celebrated heroes and heroins of the present time have had the goodness to fit for
Bib ID 4870731
Format BookBook, OnlineOnline
Online Access
Description London : Printed and sold by J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion in Ludgate-Street, [1745?] 
[2],61,[1];[2],v-xvi,66;111,[1] pages ; 8⁰. 
Notes

Each of the three parts has separate pagination and register, and are: 'Woman not inferior to man', 'Man superior to woman', with separate titlepage dated 1744, and 'Woman's superior excellence over man'.

It is possible that parts 1 and 3 in the C copy want titlepages

Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.

Cited In

English Short Title Catalog, T201926.

Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. 
Subjects Women.
Place Great Britain England London.
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