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 to 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.
1668
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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 to 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.
Created/published
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.
Description
[14], 120, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. (engraving) ; (12mo)
Associated name
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670, author.
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, printmaker.
Baker, Mary, active 1727, former owner.
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, printmaker.
Baker, Mary, active 1727, former owner.
Note
Frontispiece portrait is signed: W: Faithorne fe:.
Title words "Children ... to all" are gathered by a left brace.
Signatures: A⁸ (-A1) B-H⁸ I⁸ (-I8).
Title words "Children ... to all" are gathered by a left brace.
Signatures: A⁸ (-A1) B-H⁸ I⁸ (-I8).
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE edp please re-compare 245 to scanned title page (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?
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs.Opening: Title page.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R235816
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library W3278.5
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library W3278.5: "About that frontispiece portrait of Hannah Woolley", The Collation (05 September 2018)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library W3278.5: "A Wild and Woolley Week", The Collation (24 May 2019)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library W3278.5: "About that frontispiece portrait of Hannah Woolley", The Collation (05 September 2018)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library W3278.5: "A Wild and Woolley Week", The Collation (24 May 2019)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
W3278.5
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available. 232043. Provenance: inscribed on verso of frontis.: "Mary Baker / Her Book January ye 23 1727"