THE YOUNG WOMAN'S GUIDE TO VIRTUE, ECONOMY, AND HAPPINESS; Being an improved and pleasant Directory for Cultivating the Heart and Understanding; with A COMPLETE AND ELEGANT SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, Formed upon Principles of Economy; Also, The Art of Carving and Decorating a Table, explained by Engravings. Confectionary in all its Branches. Proper Directions for Marketing, and Bills of Fare for every Day in the Year. Best Method of Brewing for large or small Families. Making and managing British Wines. Valuable Medical Directions. A great Variety of useful Family Receipts. To Which Are Added, Instructions to Females Servants in every Situation; Approved Rules for Nursing and Educating Children, and for Promoting Matrimonial Happiness: Ill

Armstrong, Mr. John.

Edité par Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Mackenzie and Dent, St. Nicholas' Church-Yard, circa [1825]. [1825]., 1825

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Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Mackenzie and Dent, St. Nicholas' Church-Yard, circa [1825]., [1825]. Fair. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in early half brown calf & marbled boards with a gilt titled leather label & gilt rules on the spine. The covers are rubbed & scuffed and the edges bumped. The pagination is as follows: Frontispiece, title page, pages i-xii, [iii]-xii, and[13]684, illustrated with a full-page engraved frontispiece & 11 full-page engraved plates. The first signature (i.e. group of pages) is detached though present. The hinges are cracked and a piece is torn from the top edge of the rear endpaper. A previous owner's signature is penned on the recto and verso of the frontispiece and the rear endpaper. A printed recipe and two other recipes, penned in ink, are mounted to the front endpaper and pastedown. There is some staining, particularly to the endpapers and pastedowns with occasional minor foxing. A complete copy of this early 19th century cookery book. Fifth edition. The text of a 1756 letter by Ben Franklin appears on pages 28/29. A guide to managing a "Poultry-Yard" and "Management of Fowls" appears on pages 101 through 105, preceding the recipes, here printed from pages 128 through 315 under the heading "Domestic Cookery". These include recipes for Fish, Poultry & Game, Soups & Gravies, Pies, Puddings, Vegetables - also, Pickles, Pastry, Sweet Dishes, etc., Cakes & Bread, the Art of Carving, Cooking for the Sick, and Cooking for the Poor. A chapter on "Home-Brewing" is printed on pages 316 through 336.

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• Titre: THE YOUNG WOMAN'S GUIDE TO VIRTUE, ECONOMY, AND HAPPINESS; Being an improved and pleasant Directory for Cultivating the Heart and Understanding; with A COMPLETE AND ELEGANT SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, Formed upon Principles of Economy; Also, The Art of Carving and Decorating a Table, explained by Engravings. Confectionary in all its Branches. Proper Directions for Marketing, and Bills of Fare for every Day in the Year. Best Method of Brewing for large or small Families. Making and managing ...
• Éditeur: Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Mackenzie and Dent, St. Nicholas' Church-Yard, circa [1825]. [1825].
• Date de parution: 1825
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Fair
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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