Pearls of eloquence: or The school of complements. : With a concise and brief description of beauty, virtue, love and eloquence. Compos'd for the improvement of young ladies, gentlewomen, who desire to adorn their writing and discourse with amorous expressions, and rhetorical flourishes: as also an additional supplement of songs, sonnets, poems and letters, serious, complemental, amorous, jocular and proverbial. The fifth edition, with amendments, and an exact table of the contents.
1685
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Title
Pearls of eloquence: or The school of complements. : With a concise and brief description of beauty, virtue, love and eloquence. Compos'd for the improvement of young ladies, gentlewomen, who desire to adorn their writing and discourse with amorous expressions, and rhetorical flourishes: as also an additional supplement of songs, sonnets, poems and letters, serious, complemental, amorous, jocular and proverbial. The fifth edition, with amendments, and an exact table of the contents.
Uniform title
Academy of complements
Created/published
London : Printed for W.L. and are to be sold by S. Walsal, at the Heart and Bible in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1685.
Description
[12], 156 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; (12mo)
Associated name
J. G. (John Gough), active 1640, author.
Elder, William, active 1680-1700, attributed name.
Elder, William, active 1680-1700, attributed name.
Note
A revised and enlarged edition of "Academy of complements" by Philomusus, i.e. John Gough?. The "Academy of complements" was originally published in 1639.
With additional engraved title page (plate).
With additional engraved title page (plate).
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), E325AD
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R174916
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R174916
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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P969A
Folger-specific note
Gilt tooled red goatskin binding; all edges gilt and marbled; marbled endpapers; binding signed by Riviere. Crampton bookplate signed "ELM." Provenance: bookplates of Henry Cunliffe and William Crampton