Advice to a daughter, as to religion, husband, house, family and children, behaviour and conversation, friendship, censure, vanity and affectation, pride, diversions. The sixth edition. To which is added The character of a trimmer, as to the laws and government, Protestant religion, the papists, forreign affairs. By the late noble M. of H

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  • Advice to a daughter, as to religion, husband, house, family and children, behaviour and conversation, friendship, censure, vanity and affectation, pride, diversions. The sixth edition. To which is added The character of a trimmer, as to the laws and government, Protestant religion, the papists, forreign affairs. By the late noble M. of H
  • Character of a trimmer
  • Lady's New-Year's-gift: or, Advice to a daughter.; Character of a trimmer. ; Lady's New Year's gift.
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Imprint
London] : Printed for M. Gillyflower and B. Tooke, 1699.
Added name
Coventry, William, Sir, 1628?-1686, attributed name.
Publication year
1699
ESTC No.
R9539
Grub Street ID
129615
Description
[4], 164; [8], 15, 14-105, [1] p. : ill. (metal cut) ; 12°.
Note
Late noble M. of H. = George Savile, Marquis of Halifax

'The character of a trimmer' originally erroneously attributed to Sir William Coventry

'Advice to a daughter' originally published as 'The Lady's new-years gift' in 1688

'The lady's New-Years-gift: or, Advice to a daughter, ... The sixth edition, exactly corrected' has a title page bearing the imprint: London, printed by W.H. for M. Gillyflower, at the Spread-Eagle in Westminster-Hall, 1699. 'The character of a trimmer, ... The third edition' has a title page bearing the imprint: London, printed for M. Gillyflower and B. Tooke; both have separate pagination and register

Frontis. = ill. = metal cut

Signatures: [pi]1 [A]]2] B-G]1]2] H]8] I]2; ]2A-D]1]2] ]2E]1]0

Pagination and signatures based on the copy held at the Folger Shakespeare Library

In the copy filmed at UMI microfilm "Early English Books 1641-1700" reel 146, the title page to the 'The lady's New-Years-gift' precedes the title page and text of 'The character of a trimmer', but the text of the former follows the latter.
Uncontrolled note
Catalogued from the original at the British Library