The Ladies compleat pocket-book, for the year of our Lord, 1753. [electronic resource] : Being the f...
The Ladies compleat pocket-book, for the year of our Lord, 1753. [electronic resource] : Being the first after bissextile, or leap year, the twenty-sixth of King George II. and the second of the new style used in Great Britain. Containing, I. A memorandum book, exactly rul'd for every day, week, and month in the year, so dispos'd as to shew at one view, a whole week's account of what has been receiv'd, paid, or expended; what appointments, engagements, or visits, have been made, receiv'd, and paid, and other occasional memorandums of businness, &c. II. An account of the feasts and fasts, fix'd and moveable; holydays and other remarkable days in the year 1753. III. Of rank and precedence, and how to address in writing or discourse. Rules of Bath, Tunbridge, and Long Room at Scarborough. IV. Laws of the game of whise. Bill of fare of every season of the year. Instructions for carving, and terms made use of therein. V. Rates of Hackney coachmen, charimen, and watermen. VI. Directions for dancing twenty-four new country dances for the year 1753. Tables for casting up expences or wages by the day; week, month, or year; tables for marketing; pence table; significancy of colours, and other particulars, extremely useful for the pocket of the fair sex. To be continued every year: and, if preserved, will enable any lady to tell, what business she has transacted, and what visits she has receiv'd or paid every day, during and period of her life.
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London : Printed for John Newbery, bookseller, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLIII. [1753]
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MDCCLIII. [1753]
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[113],31p. ; 12°.
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London : Printed for John Newbery, bookseller, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLIII. [1753]
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England
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MDCCLIII. [1753]
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The Ladies compleat pocket-book, for the year of our Lord, 1753. [electronic resource] : Being the first after bissextile, or leap year, the twenty-sixth of King George II. and the second of the new style used in Great Britain. Containing, I. A memorandum book, exactly rul'd for every day, week, and month in the year, so dispos'd as to shew at one...
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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ESTC T142069.
Roscoe, A7 (106C)
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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