Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain,; Who Have Been Celebrated for their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages Arts and Sciences by Ballard, George - 1752

Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson for the Author, 1752. First Edition. Bookplate; general soil; front hinge tender; edges worn; still a sound copy with generous margins.. 4to, xvii, [1], 472, 2pp of "Corrections and Additions"; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. At a time when the art of biography was flourishing, Ballard offered this, his only published work, stating: ". . . I know not how it hath happened, that very many ingenious women of this nation, who were really posses'd of a great share of learning, and have, no doubt, in their time been famous for it, are not only unknown to the publick in general, but have been passed by in silence by our greatest biographers." (Preface) With subscribers list and a word blacked out on p. 178.