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A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide. Arranged on the most economical plan for private families. Containing the most approved directions for purchasing, preserving and cooking butcher's meat, fish, poultry, and game ... a complete family physician, and instructions to female servants in every situation ... To which are added, as an appendix, some valuable instructions on the management of the kitchen and fruit gardens
by Radcliffe, M
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
Manchester: J. Gleave, 1823. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original, full tree calf; spine bands uniformly tooled in gilt with a contrasting Morocco label. Ornamental borders to the boards. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 676 p.: plates; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Women household employees. Medicine, Popular. Home economics. Formulas, recipes, etc. Cooking, English. Genre: Illustrated. Domestic Cookery.
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- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310748
- Title
- A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide. Arranged on the most economical plan for private families. Containing the most approved directions for purchasing, preserving and cooking butcher's meat, fish, poultry, and game ... a complete family physician, and instructions to female servants in every situation ... To which are added, as an appendix, some valuable instructions on the management of the kitchen and fruit gardens
- Author
- Radcliffe, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Manchester: J. Gleave
- Date Published
- 1823
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