The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex: containing directions of behaviour, in all places companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house. Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world. prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whol being an exact rule for the female sex in general. The third edition. By Hannah Woolley

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  • The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex: containing directions of behaviour, in all places companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house. Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world. prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whol being an exact rule for the female sex in general. The third edition. By Hannah Woolley
  • Gentlewomans companion; Guide to the female sex
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed by T. J. for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Brittain, 1682.
Added name
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver.; Woolley, Hannah, active 1670.
Publication year
1682
ESTC No.
R221171
Grub Street ID
95371
Description
[24], 240, 217-371, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) : port. (metal cut) ; 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

Title page in red and black

The frontispiece portrait is signed: W: Faithorne fe:

The words "Children ... husbands." and "Huswifes ... to all." are bracketed together on title page

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With a final advertisement page.