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The ladies calling : in two parts / by the author of The whole duty of man, &c.

Accession number
PML 7695
Creator
Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
Published
Oxford : At the Theater, 1677.
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
First published in 1673, this work has been variously attributed to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, and others.
Title-vignette: Sheldonian theater, Oxford.
Wing A1145 ; Madan, Oxford books, 3134.
Description
[24], 270, [1] p., [1] leaf of plate : ill., plate ; 20 cm
Provenance
Philip Southcote (1698-1758), armorial bookplate with shelf mark: G2; Robert James Petre (1713-1742), 8th Baron Petre, armorial bookplate with shelf mark: W5; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Dark blue morocco with gilt-tooling and painted decoration (Restoration/Mearne style).
Classification
Department