The compleat servant-maid: or, the young maidens tutor. Directing them how the [sic] may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. waiting-woman, ... sculery maid. Whereunto is added a supplement

People / Organizations

• Hannah Woolley (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for E. Tracy, 1711. Eighth edition with additions.; ..

Added name

Woolley, Hannah, active 1670.

Publication year

1711

ESTC No.

N28512

Grub Street ID

17735

Description

179,[1]p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

"An unauthorized work based on [Hannah Wooley's] books and adorned by a spurious portrait and unreliable biographical information was published in 1673 as The Gentlewomans Companion, and similar works followed in 1675 (The Accomplished Ladies Delight) and 1685 [sic] (The Compleat Servant-Maid). Like her authentic works, these were reprinted frequently." -- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Uncontrolled note

ill. = frontis