The Polite academy, or Complete instructions for a genteel behaviour and polite address in masters and misses: serving as a foundation for the manners and behaviour of an accomplish'd gentleman or lady in any stage of life

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Description

xii, 76 pages, [12] leaves of plates: illustrations (copperplates); 13 cm (12mo). First edition? Based on Francois Nivelon's Rudiments of genteel behaviour, with quotations from Gallini's Treatise on the art of dancing. Dutch floral boards. Tuer-Oppenheimer-Schiller copy. Signatures: A-G, H. Lacking: Signatures A, A, B, B, F. Signatures: A-G, H. Realms of childhood (Schiller) 64.

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Title

The Polite academy, or Complete instructions for a genteel behaviour and polite address in masters and misses: serving as a foundation for the manners and behaviour of an accomplish'd gentleman or lady in any stage of life

Contributor

Baldwin, R., Creator

Date

1758

Place of Production

London

Producer

Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row

Object ID

SC.Juvenile.1758 PO

Subject Headings

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