The New Family Receipt-Book, Containing Eight Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy: Selected from the Works of British and Foreign Writers of Unquestionable Experience & Authority, and from the Attested Communications of Scientific Friends

16 x 10 cm. pp xxxviii, 440. Marbled paper-covered boards, half bound in calf. Binding defective; rear board detached but present; backstrip missing; boards heavily worn. Endpapers soiled; arithmetic annotation in pencil to rear endpaper. Light marginal stains to some preliminary pages and a few pages elsewhere; otherwise pages largely clean with just the odd spot. Text block firmly bound. An early 19th century book containing advice on a wide range of topics, including agriculture, gardening, domestic economy and health. Although the binding is defective, the text is complete and remains firmly bound.