The Polite academy, or School of behaviour for young gentlemen and ladies: intended as a foundation for good manners and polite address in masters and misses

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xxxvi, 108 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations (copperplates) ; 13 cm (12mo). Second edition. Based on Franc?ois Nivelon's Rudiments of genteel behaviour, with additional information from Gallini, Locke, and Chevalier de Ramsey. ""The art of dancing with directions for dress : a poem"" (p. 95-108. Dutch floral boards. Plates signed: Cannot sculp [i.e. Peter Charles Canot]; 4 plates backed. Folding leather book-box (19 cm.) with spine title: The Polite academy. Signatures: A, a-b, B-K?.

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Title

The Polite academy, or School of behaviour for young gentlemen and ladies: intended as a foundation for good manners and polite address in masters and misses

Contributor

Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, Creator

Date

1762

Place of Production

London

Producer

Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row, and B. Collins, Salisbury

Object ID

SC.Juvenile.1762 PO

Subject Headings

Etiquette for children and teenagers -- Early works to 1800
Etiquette for children and teenagers