The Book of Household Management: Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet etc. Also Sanitary, Medical and Legal Memoranda. With a History of the Origin, Properties and Uses of all Things connected with Home Life and Comfort

Published by Ward, Lock and Co., London, 1891

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A calf-bound new edition of this profusely illustrated Beeton household management guide. New edition, revised, corrected and greatly enlarged.Bound in half calf, with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spine. Rebacked, with the contemporary backstrip laid down.Containing "several hundreds of new recipes for English, German, Italian, American, Australian and Indian cookery" as well as practical domestic hints for housekeepers, servants, illnesses, economy of the kitchen and more.Illustrated with sixty-eight full-page engravings as well as thirteen colour plates, two of which are folding, and numerous in-text engravings. Collated, complete.With a charming contemporary slip with a handwritten recipe for an apple jam loosely inserted. Bound in half calf, with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spine. Rebacked, with the contemporary backstrip laid down.Externally, smart, with a few minor marks and light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, with scattered spots throughout. Very Good. …

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Title
The Book of Household Management: Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet etc. Also Sanitary, Medical and Legal Memoranda. With a History of the Origin, Properties and Uses of all Things connected with Home Life and Comfort
Author
Mrs. Isabella Beeton
Publisher
Ward, Lock and Co., London
Publication year
1891
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Leather
Illustrator
Not Stated
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
8" by 5.5"

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