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Title Wits cabinet or, A companion for young men and ladies : containing I. The whole art of wooing, and making love; with the best complemental letters, elegant epistles, amorous addresses, and answers, in a most pleasant and ingenious strain: with the newest songs, sung at court and both theatres. II. The school of Bacchus; or, the whole art of drinking. taught by a new and most learned method. III. The interpretation of all sorts of dreams. IV. The art of chiromancy and palmestry. V. The several sorts of cosmeticks for clearing and beautifying the face and taking away all freckles morphew, tetters, and ring-worms, and for preserving the complexion, ... VI. The use of metals and precious stones and the way to counterfeit them. VII. Several of the choicest secrets of art and nature. VIII. General rules for the gentile behaviour of young men and ladies in all company. IX. Several sorts of news from divers parts, very jocose and pleasant; with merry riddles.
Publication Info London : printed for H. Rhodes, at the Star, the corner of Bride-lane, in Fleet-street, 1698
Edition The eighth edition, much enlarged.



Descript [6], 188 p. : ill.
Edition The eighth edition, much enlarged.
Note A1 has woodcut on verso; title page is A2.
Stained and tightly bound with slight loss of print.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
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Series Early English books online.
Subject Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Young men -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Young women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [6], 188 p. : ill.
Edition The eighth edition, much enlarged.
Note A1 has woodcut on verso; title page is A2.
Stained and tightly bound with slight loss of print.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Young men -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Young women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.

Subject Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Young men -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Young women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [6], 188 p. : ill.
Note A1 has woodcut on verso; title page is A2.
Stained and tightly bound with slight loss of print.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

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