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Record Nr.

UNISA996390173003316

Autore

Woolley Hannah <fl. 1670.>

Titolo

The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor [[electronic resource] ] : 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-bridge, 1683

Edizione

[The third edition corrected and amended.]

Descrizione fisica

178, [2] p. [2] leaves of plates (fold.) : ill

Soggetti

Cookery

Canning and preserving

House cleaning

Medicine, Popular

Beauty, Personal

Women - Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

By Hannah Woolley.

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.

Copy imperfect, lacking pp. 11-14 and pp. 123-142; pages stained with some print show-through.

Incorrectly labelled Wing B3273A in reel guide.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018