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HAYWOOD, ELIZA. The Female Spectator. 4 engraved frontispieces. [6], 320, [4]; 317, [3]; 318, [6]; 310, [4] pages. 4 volumes. 12mo, 178x103 mm, contemporary speckled sheep with roan lettering pieces, slight wear to top of spines; offsetting from frontispieces onto titles, blank upper outer corner off 2D3 in Volume 1, scattered minor foxing in Volume 2. Contemporary bookplates of Mrs. Monk. excellent set. Glasgow: R. Chapman and A. Duncan, 1775
"The Female Spectator is generally considered the first periodical written for women by a woman, which has provided Haywood a claim to a place in the history of English journalism as the founding mother of the women's magazine" (Wright & Newman). It was originally published in 24 monthly numbers from April 1744 to May 1746, followed by 4-volume reprints of the complete run. Wright & Newman, editors, Fair Philosopher: Eliza Haywood and the Female Spectator, 2006, pages 17-18; Spedding Ab.60.10b ("Eighth London edition, Glasgow issue").
