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Book/Printed Material The whole duty of a woman, or, A guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c. Whole duty of a woman / Guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c

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Title

  • The whole duty of a woman, or, A guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c. : being directions, how women of all qualities and conditions, ought to behave themselves in the various circumstances of this life, for their obtaining not only present but future happiness ... : also choice receipts in physick and chirurgery with the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying, &c.

Other Title

  • Whole duty of a woman
  • Guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c

Names

  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ... R. Ware ... and James Hodges ..., 1735.

Contents

  • (from t.p.) I. Directions how to obtain the divine and moral vertues of piety, meekness, modesty, chastity, humility, compassion, temperance, and affability, with their advantages, and how to avoid the opposite vices -- II. The duty of virgins directing them what they ought to do, and what to avoid, for gaining all the accomplishments required in that state, with the whole art of love -- III. The whole duty of a wife -- IV. The whole duty of a widow, &c.

Headings

  • -  Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
  • -  Formulas, recipes, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Traditional medicine--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Numbers 113-120 missed in pagination.
  • -  Signatures: A-G¹².
  • -  ESTC T64198
  • -  LC copy imperfect: first leaf wanting.
  • -  LC copy includes bookplate of Walter Wilson.
  • -  NOS 06-25-02 vj36
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-08-01 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [8], 167, [1] p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 ill. (woodcut) ; 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ1201 .W6 1735

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09006922

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The whole duty of a woman, or, A guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c.: being directions, how women of all qualities and conditions, ought to behave themselves in the various circumstances of this life, for their obtaining not only present but future happiness ...: also choice receipts in physick and chirurgery with the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying, &c. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ... R. Ware ... and James Hodges, 1735. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/09006922/.

APA citation style:

Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. (1735) The whole duty of a woman, or, A guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c.: being directions, how women of all qualities and conditions, ought to behave themselves in the various circumstances of this life, for their obtaining not only present but future happiness ...: also choice receipts in physick and chirurgery with the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying, &c. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ... R. Ware ... and James Hodges. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/09006922/.

MLA citation style:

Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The whole duty of a woman, or, A guide to the female sex, from the age of sixteen to sixty, &c.: being directions, how women of all qualities and conditions, ought to behave themselves in the various circumstances of this life, for their obtaining not only present but future happiness ...: also choice receipts in physick and chirurgery with the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying, &c. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ... R. Ware ... and James Hodges, 1735. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/09006922/>.