Instructions for the education of a daughter /

by the author of Telemachus; To which is added, a small tract of instructions for the conduct of young ladies of the highest rank. With suitable devotions annexed. Done into English, and revised by Dr. George Hickes.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- 1651-1715.
Contributors: Hickes, George, 1642-1715.
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Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published / Created: London : Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1713.
Edition:3rd ed. corr., with additions.
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Notes:Translation of: De l'education des filles.

The "small tract of instructions for the conduct of young ladies of the highest rank" is a translation of Trotti de la Chétardie's Instruction pour une jeune princess.

Translated by George Hickes, cf. Osborne Coll. I, 117.

This translation first published in 1707, cf. NUC pre-1956, 169:366.

Frontispiece engraved by Michael Van der Gucht, cf. Osborne II, 707.

Signatures: [1] engr. plate + A-R¹² S⁶; A1 blank.

Publisher's ads [2] p. at end.

Physical description: [12], vi, [2], 394, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Citations/References: Gumuchian, 2501

Citations/References: Gumuchian 2501.

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