One in publisher Roberts Brothers' "Famous Women" series, this one by German-born English poet, fiction writer, biographer, essayist and critic Mathilde Blind (1841-1896) a pioneering female aesthete in a mostly male community of artists and writers. By the late 1880s she had become prominent among New Woman writers such as Vernon Lee (Violet Paget), Amy Levy, Mona Caird, Olive Schreiner, Rosamund Marriott Watson, and Katharine Tynan. She was praised by Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Michael Rossetti, Amy Levy, Edith Nesbit, Arthur Symons and Arnold Bennett. Madame Roland was an important theorist and feminist during the French Revolution. Initially, she led a quiet and unremarkable life as a provincial intellectual with her husband, the economist Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. She became interested in politics only when the French Revolution broke out in 1789. She spent the first years of the revolution in Lyon, where her husband was elected to the city council. During this period she developed a network of contacts with politicians and journalists; her reports on developments in Lyon were published in national revolutionary newspapers. Blind's book is not the first, but perhaps the best biography on Madame Roland.

BOOK DESCRIPTION/CONDITION: First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth hardcover with paneling and designs in black, title in gilt, similar on spine, leafy patterned endpapers. Some typical cover wear (spine ends and corner tips) Name/date (1887) in contemporary pen on first blank endpaper. Interior good with only a few incidents of minor foxing. 4 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 1"

We can combine shipping for similar items when practical, but you must contact seller prior to purchase and wait for an invoice from us (with combined shipping discount) prior to payment or we will not be able to  Shipping via USPS unless other carrier stated in listing description. Stated shipping charges are for delivery to locations in the U.S. only. Shipping cost to foreign destinations will be higher and in most cases will go through eBay's Global Shipping Program which we have no control or knowledge of the cost. (Please contact eBay directly for that.) Please email any questions/concerns prior to bidding and/or conclusion of sale.