Research Catalog

Title

The Polite academy, or, School of behaviour for young gentlemen and ladies : intended as a foundation for good manners and polite address, in masters and misses ... / illustrated with twelve copper plate cuts, beautifully engraved.

Publication

London : Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row ; in Salisbury : and B. Collins, 1771.

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Additional Authors

• Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764.
• Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770.
• Collins, B. (Benjamin), 1715-1785.
• Children's Room Collection.

Description

xxxvii, 143 p., 6, 6 leaves of plates : ill.; 12 cm. (12mo in 6s)

Alternative Title

• Polite academy
• School of behaviour for young gentlemen and ladies.

Subjects

• Juvenile literature > England > London > 1771
• Etiquette for children and teenagers

Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – England – London – 1771.

Note

• At foot of t.p.: [Price Is.].
• First published in 1758, cf. Realms of childhood, 64.
• Signatures: a⁶ ²a⁶ b⁶ B-N⁶ ; C4 signed C3.
• Page [1] is on a verso.
• Page [101] misnumbered 110.
• Includes "Beauty and the Beast"--P. 69-101.
• "Some amusement for our little readers" (p. 101-110) is from Dodsley's The toy shop.

Indexed In (note)

• No bibliographical citations found.

Binding (note)

• Bound in 19th century diced russian, gilt double rule on edges of boards, gilt spine panels.

Contents

I. The beauty and advantages of a genteel behaviour and agreeable complaisance -- II. Some rules and observations for moral behaviour in young ladies ; very necessary to be inculcated while at the Boarding-School, in order to be practised when they come from it -- III. Directions for good manners, agreeable behaviour, and polite address, on the most common occasions in life -- IV. Some directions for an easy genteel carriage in walking, saluting, making a curtesy, bow, and dancing the minuet -- V. Some observations on the real use and advantages of dancing, by Mr. Locke and the Chevalier De Ramsay ; with a few very necessary instructions by an eminent master.

Call Number

*KH 1771 Polite 11-35

OCLC

13417363

Title

The Polite academy, or, School of behaviour for young gentlemen and ladies : intended as a foundation for good manners and polite address, in masters and misses ... / illustrated with twelve copper plate cuts, beautifully engraved.

Imprint

London : Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row ; in Salisbury : and B. Collins, 1771.

Edition

The 5th ed.

Indexed In:

No bibliographical citations found.

Binding

Bound in 19th century diced russian, gilt double rule on edges of boards, gilt spine panels. NN

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Added Author

Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764. Toy-shop.

Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770. Bookseller

Collins, B. (Benjamin), 1715-1785. Bookseller

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1771 Polite 11-35