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. misstresses to servants. mothers to children. widows to the world. prudent to all. With letters & discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, A guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. By Hannah Woolley

All titles
  • 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. misstresses to servants. mothers to children. widows to the world. prudent to all. With letters & discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, A guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. By Hannah Woolley
  • Gentlewomans companion; Guide to the female sex
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little-Brittain, 1675.
Added name
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670.
Publication year
1675
ESTC No.
R37262
Grub Street ID
119506
Description
[24], 262, [10] p. ; 8°.
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

With five final advertisement leaves

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The words "children to parents. ... married to husbands." are bracketed together on the title page by a right brace, and "huswifes to the house. ... prudent to all." are bracketed together by a left brace.