Description

This book is a guide to good manners and polite behavior in Dutch society in the 18th century. C. van Laar provides detailed instructions on how to dress, speak, and behave in a variety of social situations, from weddings to funerals. The work is valuable both as a historical document and as a compendium of polite behavior that can still be useful today.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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