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The ladies calling : in two parts / By the author of the Whole duty of man, &c.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC65 Al545 660gl
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Women.
- Women--Conduct of life.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
- Penn Provenance:
- University of Pennsylvania. Library (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 270 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The fifth impression.
- Fingerprint:
- e-at i-ng t.es co16 (3) 1677 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : At the Theater in Oxford, M.DC.LXXVII. [1677]
- Notes:
- Attributed to Richard Allestree. Sometimes also attributed to Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, John Fell, or Humphrey Henchman and others.
- With a final contents leaf.
- In this edition the engraving of the Theatre on title page shows the weather-cock pointing to the left; A3v line 21 ends "My-"
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has leaves b-b⁴ repeated in the preface.
- Culture Class Collection copy has perforated stamp of University of Pennsylvania Library.
- Culture Class Collection copy final contents leaf disbound and reinforced.
- Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681. The gentleman's calling. Written by the author of The whole duty of man. London : Printed by R. Norton, for Robert Pawlet, at the sign of the Bible in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1677.
- Cited in:
- Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A1145
- Madan, III, 3134
- ESTC, R3511
- OCLC:
- 3793672
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