A guide to ladies, gentlewomen and maids: 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 t husbands. Huswifes to the house. Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world, and as prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions, with several tales, and the ladies farewell. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service: the whole being exact rules for the female sex in generall. By Hannah Woolley

People / Organizations

• Hannah Woolley (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by Dorman Newman at the Chyrurgions Arms in Little-Britain neer the Hospital-gate, and Will. Whitwood at the golden Lyon in Duck-lane, 1668.

Added name

Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver.

Publication year

1668

ESTC No.

R235816

Grub Street ID

106829

Description

[14], 120, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. (metal cut) ; 12°.

Note

Frontispiece portrait is signed: W: Faithorne fe:

Title words "Children ... to all" are gathered by a left brace

Signatures: A]8] (-A1) B-H]8] I]8] (-I8).

Uncontrolled note

Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE edp please re-compare 245 to scanned t.p. (e.g. line 14 of title reads: "Housewifes"; line 19 begins: With letters upon all occasions ...); final 3 leaves are table of contents FOREPLY: EDP what are final 3 leaves?