The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook. Being an Ample and Clear Display of the Art of Cookery in all its Various Branches.

, [2] 448 [18] pages, 12 black and white plate including frontispiece and two folding plates. 'Containing Proper Direction for Dressing all Kinds of Butcher's Meat, Poultry, Game, Fish, &c. Also the Method of Preparing Soups, Hashes, and Made Dishes; with The Whole Art of Confectionery, Pickleing, Preserving, &c. Fifth Edition , the book is in a contemporary binding, pages are tanned, small nick to outer edge of title page, light spotting throughout, there is a foxed mark at the head of each page in the margin, text block is clear and tight in binding, one annotation in ink to margin, very good condition , half bound brown morocco under marbled paper, five raised bands with gilt designs and lettering to spine , quarto, 21cm x 14.5cm Hardback ISBN.