THE UNIVERSAL RECEIPT BOOK; BEING A COMPENDIOUS REPOSITORY OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION IN COOKERY, PRESERVING, PICKLING, DISTILLING, AND ALL THE BRANCHES OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY, TO WHICH IS ADDED SOME ADVICE FOR FARMERS

HOMESPUN, PRISCILLA

Published by Isaac Riley, Philadelphia, 1818

About this Item

Red leather spine label. Old notations on endpapers. Old water-stain front few pages. General browning of pages with foxing. Some pages however are completely devoid of the stains. Sections on cooking, home remedies and medicines, pickling, distilling, confectionary, dyeing and painting, agriculture, and more! 378pp. First edition of 284pp. was published in 1814. "Receipt" was the old term used for "recipe", both taken from the Latin "recipere", to receive or take. Quite an interesting collection of material on a variety of subjects. The author sounds like a nom de plume but we were unable to confirm that. Please see photos. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". Seller Inventory # 014612

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE UNIVERSAL RECEIPT BOOK; BEING A ...

Publisher: Isaac Riley, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1818

Binding: Full Old Brown Calf

Condition: General Moderate Cover Wear

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: Second Edition.