A new academy of complements [electronic resource] : or the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth i...
A new academy of complements [electronic resource] : or the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improv'd by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship, in divers examples of writing or Inditing Letters, relating either to Love or Business. Also the silent language: Or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hand, without being understood by the Company. Together with Instructions for writing Figure-Hand, Bills of Exchange, Receipts, casting Accompts, &c The Signification of Moles, and Interpretation of Dreams. A never-failing Method for Women to get good Husbands Likewise a pleasant Dialogue between six merry Gossips paying a Visit to a Lying-in-Woman. To which is added, a choice collection of above 120 love songs, Merry-Catches, and Jovial Healths; being the Newest now Extant, with plain Instructions for Dancing.
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Publisher
London : printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, in Pater-Noster-Row: J. Hodges, at London-Bridge: and S. Bates, in Gilt-Spur-Street, 1734.
Date
1734.
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English
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[8],148p. : ill. ; 12°.
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Publisher
London : printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, in Pater-Noster-Row: J. Hodges, at London-Bridge: and S. Bates, in Gilt-Spur-Street, 1734.
Edition
The eleventh edition, with additions. ..
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1734.
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A new academy of complements [electronic resource] : or the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improv'd by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship, in divers examples of writing or Inditing Letters, relating either to Love or Business. Also the silent language: Or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hand, without...
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Compiled by Lord Buckhurst, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir William Davenant and others.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Citation / References Note
ESTC T131313.
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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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74VvjrvvgP83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjrvvgP83
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991015182669702626
