The ladies miscellany
Subtitle: consisting of original poems
By: by the most eminent hands. Viz I, The Art of dress. II, The hoop-petticoat. III, The fan. IV, The rape of the smock. V, On the Lady Sunderland. VI, On the Lady Berkeley : to which are added, Court-Poems, on several occasions
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: E. Curll
Published: 1718
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: English poetry; Early works to 1800
Notes: A collection of seven works originally issued separately 1716-1717.

Contents: 'The art of dress' / J. D. de Brevel, 2nd ed., London, 1717; Francis Chute, 'The petticoat', 2nd ed. corrected, London, 1716; Giles Jacob, 'The rape of the smock', London, 1717; Francis Chute, 'Beauty and virtue', London, 1716; Thomas Newcomb, 'An ode sacred to the memory of . the Countess of Berkeley', London, 1717; 'Court poems. Part II. Viz. I. The dream .', London, 1717 [1716], without a titlepage; and Edward Young, 'The force of religion'.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price 5 s.

Reproduction of the original from the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.