<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Ladies daily companion for the year of our Lord 1789 : embellished wtih the following copper plates: an elegant representation of the discovery of the Earl of Leicester from the Recess, a lady in the dress of 1788, and four of the most fashionable head dresses ...</dc:title><dc:date>[1788?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Includes diary in an unknown hand, 1789. Mentions a number of prominent people including Horace Walpole, Mlle. D'Eon, Mrs. Garrick, and others. Daily entries about her life and social contacts, records purchases of ribbons, rollers, glvoes, etc</dc:description><dc:description>Plates wanting.</dc:description><dc:description>Signatures: [A]-N⁶.</dc:description><dc:description>Inscribed on flyleaf: "Given me by the Honble. Col. Cosmos Gordon. Margate, Nov. ye. 21st 1788."</dc:description><dc:description>In bibliographical file: two slips of paper, one with names of people mentioned and page references, and the other with a single name: Louisa Paoline Angelina Cosway (aet. 8). 1789-96.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>