DIOGENES LAERTIUS. MENAGIUS, Aegidius. — In Diogenem Laertium observationes & emendationes, haec editione plurimum auctae. + Historia mulierum philosophicarum. Acc.Joachimi Kühnii in Diogenem Laertium observationes. (Etc.)

Amsterdam, Henr.Wetstenius, 1692. 4to. [viii],590,(55 =indices) pp. Blind stamped vellum with raised bands. (two tiny burn holes; some browning; a few quires age-toned) - good copy with ample margins. ¶ This commentary is the second part of the Diogenes Laertius-edition by Marcus Meibom. Dedicatory preface to the learned scholar Emery Bigot, Introductory letter to Menage by John Pearson. ¶ Menage dedicates his History of Women Philosophers to Anna Fabra Daceria (Anne Lefebvre Dacier). "She was the dedicatee of Gilles Ménage's Historia mulierum philosopharum, whose characterisation of her and of Anna Maria van Schurman was used to provide leading examples in treatises arguing for female education across the following centuries." (Wikipedia). ¶ Joachim Kühn (1647-1697) was professor in Strassburg.