The academy of complements : Wherein ladyes, gentlewomen, schollers, and strangers may accomodate their courtly practice with most curious ceremonies, complementall, amorous, high expressions, and formes of speaking, or writing. A work perused and most exactly perfected and most exactly perfected by the author with additions of witty amorous poems. And a table expounding the hard English words.

Format:

• Microformat

Author/Creator:

• Philomusus, active 1639.

Contributor:

• J. G. (John Gough), active 1640, attributed name.

Series:

• Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1526:26.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Compliments--Early works to 1800.
• Conversation--Early works to 1800.
• Conversation.
• Courtesy--Early works to 1800.
• Courtesy.
• Letter writing--Early works to 1800.
• Letter writing.
• Compliments.

Physical Description:

• 16 unnumbered pages, 255 pages, 9 unnumbered pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates
• 35 mm
• monochrome
• service copy
• positive

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T. B[adger] for H. Mosley, and are to bee sold at his shop at the Princes armes, in S. Pauls Church-Yard, 1640.

Notes:

• Preface signed: Philomusus, i.e. John Gough?.
• Printer's name from STC.
• With an index.
• Pages 6, 28 and 125 misnumbered 4, 82 and 251.
• Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
• Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1976. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1526:26). s1976 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 19883.

OCLC:

55174397