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The polite academy, or School of behavior for young gentlemen and ladies. Intended as a foundation for good manners and polite address, in masters and misses. Illustrated with twelve copper plate cuts, beautifully engraved.

Accession number
PML 86478
Published
London : Printed for R. Baldwin ... and B. Collins in Salisbury, 1765.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2004.
Notes
Frontispiece and 11 engraved plates signed: "Cannot sculp."
The pages marked *61-72 are duplicated numbers constituting a second gathering of 6 leaves designated *G
Includes a fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast" by Mme Leprince de Beaumont, pp. 61-84, including the duplicated * pages.
Also inlcudes a selection from the "Toy Shop," published by R. Dodsley, pp. 85-94.
Description
xxxvi, 1-70,*61-*72, 73-181 [i.e. 108] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 13 cm
Binding
Original dutch floral boards.
Classification
Department