The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor. Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chyrurgery. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens

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  • The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor. Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chyrurgery. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens
  • Compleat servant-maid; Compleat servant maid; Young maidens tutor; Supplement to the compleat servant-maid
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed for T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-bridge, 1683. The third edition corrected and amended.; ..
Added name
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670.
Publication year
1683
ESTC No.
R221144
Grub Street ID
95347
Description
178, [2] p. [2] leaves of plates (fold.) : 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

The words "Waiting-woman, .. Under-cook-maid," and "Nursery-maid, .. Scullery-maid." are bracketed together on title page

With frontispiece illustration and three final pages of advertisments

"A supplement to the compleat servant-maid" has separate title page dated 1682; register and pagination are continuous.