[Penmanship specimen]

Description

Title: [Penmanship specimen]
Description: Bound in (with a second example) between pp. 25 [i.e. 24] and 25.
Often attributed to Hannah Woolley, but this is believed to be incorrect.
Extent: 1 l.
12.5 x 17.3 cm.
ill.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Edition: The fourth edition corrected and amended.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Uvb65 685c
Collection Title: The compleat servant-maid, or, The young maidens tutor : directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any sort 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 chirurgery : composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens
Collection / Other Creator: Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670
Collection Created: London : Printed for Tho. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1685

Format: mixed material
Genre: Penmanship specimen books
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Topic): Penmanship, English--Early works to 1800
Women --Education --Early works to 1800

Access: Public
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