ABSTRACT
Rivet probably informed Van Schurman of the French publication when in August 1646 the Parisian parlementaire Claude Sarrau wrote to him: It was publicized here this week on the topic of the femme's savantes, with several Eulogies of that miracle among the fair sex. Van Schurman's self-portrait features her as a savante and author. The majority of published operate at the time carried a portrait of the author, often in a medallion frame bearing the author's name. Van Schurman's publishing trajectory after the mishap of the Amica Dissertatio reads as a two-pronged story illustrative of the modesty constraints on early modern women's publications: the first narrative, meant for readers at large, is marked by the tropes of the reluctant author and the forced' publication; the second, reserved for her mentor Andr Rivet, evidences her proactive interest, even eagerness and collaboration in the publication of her letters.
