UUits cabinet: or, a companion for young men and ladies: containing I. The whole art of wooing and making love, with the best complim[e]ntal [l]etters, eleg ant [sic] 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 now and most learned method. III. The interpretation of all sorts of dreams. IV. The art of Chiromancy and Palmestry. V. The several sort, of cosmeticks for clearing and beautifying the face, and taking away the freckles, morphew, tetters, and ring-worms, and for preserving the complexion; together with the way of making all sorts of perfumes and sweet waters. 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 genteel behauiour of young men and ladies in all company. XI. Several sorts of news from divers parts, very jacose and pleasant. With merry riddles.
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- 1737
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Also known as
Wits cabinet
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Clarke, at the Golden-Ball in Duck-Lane: and A. Wilde, in Aldergate-street, 1737.
Physical description
178p. : ill. ; 120.
Edition
The sixteenth edition, much enlarged.
References note
ESTC T69533
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.