livius drusus
08-18-2007, 05:12 AM
A rather fantastical 1600s tome called The Ladies Dictionary: Being a General Entertainment for the Fair Sex is going up for auction (http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3643545&iSaleNo=15091#) next month.
An unusual dictionary dealing with all aspects of life deemed of interest to women, including long entries on fashion, clothing, cosmetics and beauty, courtship, men and "keeping house", together with sections on issues of morality titled "Secret lovers", "Women in men's clothing", "Books" ("The forbidding of idle books makes young people more curious to read them"), "Virgins", "Womens phancies in child-bearing", "Whoring" ("causes a man to spend flesh for silver, till he becomes so lank and lean, that his legs are scarce able to support their late portly master"), and "Night-walkers and Divers" ("she opens her shop-windows when all other trades about to shut them").
More details about the contents in this article (http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1300462007). I haven't been able to find any details on the "women in men's clothing" chapter or the housekeeping tips. :darn:
An unusual dictionary dealing with all aspects of life deemed of interest to women, including long entries on fashion, clothing, cosmetics and beauty, courtship, men and "keeping house", together with sections on issues of morality titled "Secret lovers", "Women in men's clothing", "Books" ("The forbidding of idle books makes young people more curious to read them"), "Virgins", "Womens phancies in child-bearing", "Whoring" ("causes a man to spend flesh for silver, till he becomes so lank and lean, that his legs are scarce able to support their late portly master"), and "Night-walkers and Divers" ("she opens her shop-windows when all other trades about to shut them").
More details about the contents in this article (http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1300462007). I haven't been able to find any details on the "women in men's clothing" chapter or the housekeeping tips. :darn: