The Household Treasure or the Young Housewife's Companion.

Published by Philadelphia: J. Thomas Huey., 1871

About this Item

Green cloth. 8vo. 158pp plus ads. Illustrated. Early cookbook interleaved with advertisements for many Philadelphia businesses. There are sections on: the breakfast-table; fish; soups; sauces and gravies; forcemeats or stuffing; venison; meat-pies; lamb; veal; pastes and pastry; mince meat; pancakes and fritters; preserves and pickles; wines and syrups; cookery for the sick; useful receipts for housekeepers and servants and much more. The book is illustrated with 8 color plates. Four of these show various dishes from the recipes in the book and the other four are color ads. This copy has the gilt stamp of Averill Barlow on the cover who presented this copy. A good copy with some spotting and edgewear to the cloth. The text is good with some foxing and spotting. There is some staining to the right margin of some of the later pages. Scarce. Seller Inventory # 12031

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Household Treasure or the Young ...

Publisher: Philadelphia: J. Thomas Huey.

Publication Date: 1871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition