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