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Additional authors

1. Newbery, E. (Elizabeth), 1746-1821.
2. Whittingham and Rowland. prt
3. W. J. and J. Richardson (Firm) pbl
4. Scatcherd and Letterman. pbl

Description

1. 144 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 12 cm.

Subject

1. Account books > Specimens
2. Almanacs
3. Appointment books > Specimens

Genre/Form

1. Almanacs.

Call number

1. Pforz (Ladies' most elegant and convenient pocket book. 1815)

Note

1. Illustrations: Folding frontispiece engraving, "Cottage in Hyde Park in which Drags &c. are kept for the recovery of Drowned persons"; additional frontispiece engraving, "Morning Dress."

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Title

1. The ladies' most elegant and convenient pocket book for the year 1815. : Embellished with a view of the cottage of The Royal Humane Society, in Hyde Park. Containing, among a great variety of useful articles, the following: the necessary pages for engagements, memorandums, and expenses, ruled in a more plain and familiar manner than any yet adapted for the use of the ladies; a correct list of the public offices in London and Westminster; country dances for 1815; new songs, sung at Vauxhall, &c.; new Hackney coach fares; rates of Hackney chairmen; watermen's rates; marketing tables; table of expenses / Compiled at the request of several ladies of quality.

Imprint

1. London : Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Goswell Street; for E. Newbery; W. J. and J. Richardson, and Scatcherd and Letterman, [1815].

Access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local note

1. The drowned body of Harriet Shelley was discovered in the Serpentine in Hyde Park in December of 1816.
2. Pforzheimer copy: "Acept this from / and Old friend / wih the compli / -ments of the / Seson / A happey nue / year / Nue years day / 1815" (in ink on front fly leaf verso). With a few penciled annotations in a different hand throughout. -- Bound in contemporary flap-wallet style limp calf with pockets at both ends. -- Within white envelope.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Newbery, E. (Elizabeth), 1746-1821. Publisher
2. Whittingham and Rowland. Printer
3. W. J. and J. Richardson (Firm) Publisher
4. Scatcherd and Letterman. Publisher

Research call number

1. Pforz (Ladies' most elegant and convenient pocket book. 1815)