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Courtesy books.- Women.- Braithwait (Richard) The English gentlevvoman, drawne out to the full body, printed by B. Alsop and T. Favvcet, for Michaell Sparke, dwelling in Greene Arbor, 1631

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Courtesy books.- Women.- Braithwait (Richard) The English gentlevvoman, drawne out to the full body: expressing, what habilliments doe best attire her, what ornaments doe best adorne her, what complements doe best accomplish her, first edition (state without the appendix, but with mention of it on 2 [dagger]4v), engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking folding 'The meaning of the frontispiece', additional title neatly trimmed to border and laid down, occasional staining or spotting, a few ff. browned, 19th century diced calf, gilt, spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends little chipped, rubbed, [STC 3565; Pforzheimer 78], printed by B. Alsop and T. Favvcet, for Michaell Sparke, dwelling in Greene Arbor, 1631; and a defective copy of the first edition of his English Gentleman, 1630, uniformly bound with above, small 4to (2) sold not subject to return.

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Courtesy books.- Women.- Braithwait (Richard) The English gentlevvoman, drawne out to the full body: expressing, what habilliments doe best attire her, what ornaments doe best adorne her, what complements doe best accomplish her, first edition (state without the appendix, but with mention of it on 2 [dagger]4v), engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking folding 'The meaning of the frontispiece', additional title neatly trimmed to border and laid down, occasional staining or spotting, a few ff. browned, 19th century diced calf, gilt, spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends little chipped, rubbed, [STC 3565; Pforzheimer 78], printed by B. Alsop and T. Favvcet, for Michaell Sparke, dwelling in Greene Arbor, 1631; and a defective copy of the first edition of his English Gentleman, 1630, uniformly bound with above, small 4to (2) sold not subject to return.

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