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TitleThe Ladies compleat pocket-book, for the year of our Lord, 1753
SubtitleBeing the first after bissextile, or leap year, the twenty-sixth of King George II. and the second of the new style used in Great Britain. Containing, I. A memorandum book, exactly rul’d for every day, week, and month in the year, so dispos’d as to shew at one view, a whole week’s account of what has been receiv’d, paid, or expended; what appointments, engagements, or visits, have been made, receiv’d, and paid, and other occasional memorandums of businness, &c. II. An account of the feasts and fasts, fix’d and moveable; holydays and other remarkable days in the year 1753. III. Of rank and precedence, and how to address in writing or discourse. Rules of Bath, Tunbridge, and Long Room at Scarborough. IV. Laws of the game of whise. Bill of fare of every season of the year. Instructions for carving, and terms made use of therein. V. Rates of Hackney coachmen, charimen, and watermen. VI. Directions for dancing twenty-four new country dances for the year 1753. Tables for casting up expences or wages by the day; week, month, or year; tables for marketing; pence table; significancy of colours, and other particulars, extremely useful for the pocket of the fair sex. To be continued every year: and, if preserved, will enable any lady to tell, what business she has transacted, and what visits she has receiv’d or paid every day, during and period of her life.
ResponsibleJohn Newbery
Publication placeLondon
Publication year1753
PublisherJohn Newbery
BooksellerJohn Newbery
Format12º; [113],31p
SourceEnglish Short Title Catalogue, ESTC System No. 006408693
Location of copyBritish Library

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NameFunction(s) on the book marketBorn - DeadGender
Newbery, JohnPublisher, printer, bookseller1713 - 1767Male

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