[Evelyn, Mary]. Mundus Muliebris: or, the Ladies Dressing-Room unlock'd, and her Toilette spread. In Burlesque. Together with the Fop-Dictionary, compiled for the Use of the Fair Sex. The Second Edition. To which is added a most rare and incomparable Receipt, to make Pig, or Puppidog-Water for the Face, London: for R. Bentley, 1690, somewhat spotted and browned, short nick to upper inner corner of title-page, modern calf, 4to (20.2 x 14.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R31459; Keynes 101; Wing E3523. One of two editions described as the second edition on the title-page. 'In this edition the separate dated title page line 2 has a colon following "fop-dictionary" and the "C" of leaf C is under the space between "well" and "understood"' (ESTC). Written at least in large part by John Evelyn's daughter Mary, who died young of smallpox in 1685, Mundus muliebris is 'a brief satire in tetrameter couplets on fashionable women's clothing, accoutrements, and behaviour' (ODNB), and the Francophile affectations of Restoration manners.
[Evelyn, Mary]. Mundus Muliebris: or, the Ladies Dressing-Room unlock'd, and her Toilette spread. In Burlesque. Together with the Fop-Dictionary, compiled for the Use of the Fair Sex. The Second Edition. To which is added a most rare and incomparable Receipt, to make Pig, or Puppidog-Water for the Face, London: for R. Bentley, 1690, somewhat spotted and browned, short nick to upper inner corner of title-page, modern calf, 4to (20.2 x 14.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R31459; Keynes 101; Wing E3523. One of two editions described as the second edition on the title-page. 'In this edition the separate dated title page line 2 has a colon following "fop-dictionary" and the "C" of leaf C is under the space between "well" and "understood"' (ESTC). Written at least in large part by John Evelyn's daughter Mary, who died young of smallpox in 1685, Mundus muliebris is 'a brief satire in tetrameter couplets on fashionable women's clothing, accoutrements, and behaviour' (ODNB), and the Francophile affectations of Restoration manners.
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