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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of (1694-1773)38
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Nouveau traité de la civilité qui se pratique en France, parmi les honnêtes gens

Courtin, Antoine de (1622-1685); Meusnier, Jean (fl. 1670-1672)

1719

Editor's dedicatory letter signed: I.M., i.e. Jean Meusnier.

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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Manners of modern society : being a book of etiquette

Cheadle, Eliza

[ca.1875]

Attributed to Eliza Cheadle. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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Manners and rules of good society : or solecisms to be avoided

1893

Originally published under title:" Manners and tone of good society".

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Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home

Post, Emily (1873-1960)

1925

Includes index.

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Debrett's etiquette and modern manners

Donald, Elsie Burch

c1981

Includes index.

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The rules of civility; or, The maxims of genteel behaviour : as they are practis'd and observ'd by persons of quality, upon several occasions

Courtin, Antoine de (1622-1685)

1703

Anon., by Antoine de Courtin. "A short treatise of the point of honour" is a translation from Courtin's "Suite de la civilité fran{250}coise", chap. 6, 1675. Signatures: A6, B-M12, N6 (final leaf...

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The modern courtier: or, The morals of Tacitus upon flattery : Paraphras'd and illustrated with several useful observations, by the Sieur Amelot de la Houssaie. Newly done out of French

Tacitus, Cornelius; Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706)

1687

With a preliminary advertisement leaf. Various short extracts from Tacitus.

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The rituals of dinner : the origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners

Visser, Margaret

1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-416) and index.

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Galateo, of manners and behaviours in familiar conversation

Della Casa, Giovanni (1503-1556); Peterson, Robert (fl.1576-1606); Reid, Herbert J (fl.1892)

1892

"One hundred copies of this small paper edition has been printed".

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Galateo español, : aora nuevamente impresso, y enmendado

Gracián Dantisco, Lucas (fl. 1590); Rinaldi, Orazio; Gracián Dantisco, Lucas (fl. 1590); Della Casa, Giovanni (1503-1556)

año 1769

"Vida del Lazarillo de Tormes castigado" has special t.p. and separate paging. "Galateo español" is based on Giovanni della Casa's Galateo; "El destierro de ignorancia" is believed to be based on O...

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The book of modern Jewish etiquette : a guide for all occasions

Latner, Helen

1986, c1981

Originally published, New York, Schocken,1981.

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