The whole duty of a woman : or, A guide to the female sex. From the age of sixteen to sixty, &c. Shewing women of all qualities and conditions, how to behave themselves, for their obtaining not only present but future happiness. With the Whole art of love. Of the marriage state, instructing how to behave towards husbands. The whole duty of a widow, &c
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Type of record: Book
Title: The whole duty of a woman : or, A guide to the female sex. From the age of sixteen to sixty, &c. Shewing women of all qualities and conditions, how to behave themselves, for their obtaining not only present but future happiness. With the Whole art of love. Of the marriage state, instructing how to behave towards husbands. The whole duty of a widow, &c
Classmark: BC Yorkshire H-Lee-8 WHO
Creator(s): Lady
Publisher: Printed for and sold by Edward Anderson; George Wilson
Publication city: Leeds : Scarborough
Date(s): [between 1800 and 1899?]
Language: English
Size and medium: 35 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/308193
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005384189705181
Description
Early nineteenth-century [?] abridgement in four chapters of chapters 1-14 of "The whole duty of a woman: or An infallible guide to the fair sex", published anonymously in 1737; it omits the sections on housewifery and cookery in that work.
Additional description
Unstiched gatherings, with triple stab-marks in inner margins in original papers wrappers. Symington Collection label pasted inside front cover
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