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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1490 - 26 March 1546) was an English diplomat and scholar. He was a supporter of the humanist ideas concerning the education of women, writing in support of learned women, he published the "Defence [defense] of Good Women." In this writing he supported Thomas More and other humanist authors' ideals of educated wives who would be able to provide intellectual companionship for their husbands and educated moral training for their children. As a prose writer, Elyot enriched the English language with many new words. Dampstain on spine of DJ, permeating somewhat less to spine of book; DJ chipped and lightly rubbed, now in new Mylar. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 218 pages; 26880 .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.