De Amazonibus dissertatio, qua an vere extiterint, necne, variis ultro citroque conjecturis & argumentis disputatur [...].

12mo: [1-1 bl.-1-1 bl.-8]-398-[3-1 bl.-8] pp. (toned, marginal dampstaining).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine with leather label, red sp. edges (label def., sl. warping).

Early critical treatise by P. Petit (1617-1687) on the mythic tribe of warrior women believed to have lived in Asia Minor in Antiquity. Corrected re-issue of the 1st ed. of the same year. Engr. ill.: front., fold. map of Eastern Mediterranean, 5 half-page, a number of sm. coin engr.
Ref. STCN.