The English Hous-wife, Containing The inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a compleat Woman As her skill in Physick, Surgery, Cookery, Extraction of Oyls, Banquetting stuff, Ordering of great Feasts, Preserving of all sorts of Wines, conceited Secrets, Distillations, Perfumes, ordering of Wool, Hemp, Flax: making Cloth and Dying; the knowledge of Dayries: Office of Malting; Of Oats, their excellent uses in a Family: Of Brewing, Baking, and all other things belonging to an Houshold. A Work generally approved, and now the Eighth time much augmented, purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this nation.

G. M. [Gervase Markham]

Published by Printed by W. Wilson for George Sawbridge 1664, London, 1664

About this Item

[Eighth edition]. [viii], 80, 73-188 pp. Full recent brown calf with blind-stamped decorative borders to boards; raised bands and red leather author and title labels, with gilt lettering and ruling to spine; brown cloth slipcase with gilt-lettered red leather label to its spine. Minimal scratching to calf. The odd small closed tear or chipping to edges of leaves and a small hole at each of pages 61 and 160. Light spotting, though quite clean overall. This work was a bestseller and was published many times during the 17th century, providing recipes for medicines and more everyday fare. The British Library notes that although the title implies a female audience, only around 10% of women were literate at the time of publication and so most of this work's readers were clergymen or men of the gentry. Wing M633; ESTC R221468 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The English Hous-wife, Containing The inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a compleat Woman As her skill in Physick, Surgery, Cookery, Extraction of Oyls, Banquetting stuff, Ordering of great Feasts, Preserving of all sorts of Wines, conceited Secrets, Distillations, Perfumes, ordering of Wool, Hemp, Flax: making Cloth and Dying; the knowledge of Dayries: Office of Malting; Of Oats, their excellent uses in a Family: Of Brewing, Baking, and all other things belonging to an Houshold. A...
• Publisher: Printed by W. Wilson for George Sawbridge 1664, London
• Publication Date: 1664
• Binding: Blind-stamped Full Calf
• Edition: Eighth Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase
• Seller catalogs:
  • Food and Drink
  • York Bookfair
  • Etiquette, Manners, and Instruction