La femme heroique, ou les heroines comparées avec les heros en toute sorte de vertus: Et plusieurs reflexions morales à la fin de chaque comparaison

Jacques Du Bosc's "La femme heroique," one of the most important feminist works of the seventeenth century, mounts the argument that women possess the same virtues as men.  Eight pairs of famous women and men from biblical and ancient history are discussed, their characters and accomplishments compared.  The illustrations of the heroines and heroes, which open on facing pages, often make a point of their equality through formal means, in the repetition of gestures, or in mirrored compositions. [from "Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons in Renaissance and Baroque Art"]