The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor : 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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
printed for T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-bridge,
1683.
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| Edition: | The third edition corrected and amended. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (178, [2] pages [2] leaves of plates (folded) : illustrations. |