The compleat servant-maid, or, The young maidens tutor : directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments, viz. waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid : whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chyrurgery
The words "Waiting-woman, .. Under-cook-maid," and "Nursery-maid, .. Scullery-maid." are bracketed together on title page
Published anonymously. "An unauthorized work based on [Hannah Woolley's] books and adorned by a spurious portrait and unreliable biographical information was published in 1673 as The Gentlewomans Companion, and similar works followed in 1675 (The Accomplished Ladies Delight) and 1685 [i.e. 1683] (The Compleat Servant-Maid). Like her authentic works, these were reprinted frequently." -- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Signatures: A-G¹² H⁶
Frontispiece portrait--possibly meant to resemble Hannah Woolley--on leaf A1 verso; two etched plates of calligraphy; three final pages of advertisements (H5v-H6v)
"A supplement to the compleat servant-maid" has separate title page dated 1682; register and pagination are continuous
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Beyond Home Remedy
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs. Opening: Title page
Item information about Folger W3273.8
189894. With printed waste front and back endpapers. Repaired throughout, with loss of headlines and text. With both folded plates partially cut away; one plate is supplied in photostat by bookseller. MS. notes. Provenance: Heaton family copy, with autographs of Mich: [Michael] Heaton, Joseph Heaton, Martha Heaton, Robert Heaton, Mary Heaton, Amme [or Anne] Heaton, and Elizabeth Heaton
Also known as
Extended title: The compleat servant-maid, or, The young maidens tutor : directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments, viz. waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid : whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chyrurgery / composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens
Alternate titles: Young maidens tutor
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