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Title

  • The accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities, or, The ingenious gentlewoman and servant maids delightful companion : containing many excellent things for the accomplishment of the female sex, after the exactest manner and method ... to which is added a second part, containing directions for the guidance of a young gentle-woman as to her behaviour and seemly deportment, &c, together with a new accession of many curious things and matters, profitable to the female sex, not published in the former editions.

Other Title

  • Accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities
  • Ingenious gentlewoman and servant maids delightful companion
  • Accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities, or, The ingenious gentlewomen & servant maids delightfull companion

Names

  • J. S. (John Shirley), active 1680-1702.
  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by W. Wilde for N. Bodington ... and J. Blare ..., 1696.

Headings

  • -  Home economics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Cooking, English--Early works to 1800
  • -  Traditional medicine--Early works to 1800
  • -  Etiquette for women--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  With added engraved title page.
  • -  "The second part: or, Appendix to the foregoing work" has caption title on p. 169; register and pagination are continuous.
  • -  Signatures: A-H¹².
  • -  Wing (2nd ed.) S3502
  • -  ESTC R220017
  • -  LC copy damaged and repaired, some text wanting from t.p.; first leaf (added engraved title page) wanting in LC copy.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-02-11 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 192 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX144 .S54 1696

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 73176765

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

J. S. , Active, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities, or, The ingenious gentlewoman and servant maids delightful companion: containing many excellent things for the accomplishment of the female sex, after the exactest manner and method ... to which is added a second part, containing directions for the guidance of a young gentle-woman as to her behaviour and seemly deportment, &c, together with a new accession of many curious things and matters, profitable to the female sex, not published in the former editions. London: Printed by W. Wilde for N. Bodington ... and J. Blare, 1696. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/73176765/.

APA citation style:

J. S, A. & Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. (1696) The accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities, or, The ingenious gentlewoman and servant maids delightful companion: containing many excellent things for the accomplishment of the female sex, after the exactest manner and method ... to which is added a second part, containing directions for the guidance of a young gentle-woman as to her behaviour and seemly deportment, &c, together with a new accession of many curious things and matters, profitable to the female sex, not published in the former editions. London: Printed by W. Wilde for N. Bodington ... and J. Blare. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/73176765/.

MLA citation style:

J. S. , Active, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities, or, The ingenious gentlewoman and servant maids delightful companion: containing many excellent things for the accomplishment of the female sex, after the exactest manner and method ... to which is added a second part, containing directions for the guidance of a young gentle-woman as to her behaviour and seemly deportment, &c, together with a new accession of many curious things and matters, profitable to the female sex, not published in the former editions. London: Printed by W. Wilde for N. Bodington ... and J. Blare, 1696. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/73176765/>.