The New Family Receipt Book, Containing One Thousand Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy
Published by John Murray, London, 1837
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since December 15, 2006
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 100.00
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xliv, 517 p. 18 cm. Green cloth hardcover with gold and blank impressing. Corners slightly bumped. Ink inscription on front endpaper dates to 1845. Pages 509-512 detached. Expert advice on agriculture (pigeons' dung as manure p. 6), domestic economy (British substitute for foreign tea p. 123), hints on domestic wine-making (genuine French method of making cherry wine p. 257), domestic remedies (a few concise rules for the recovery of persons apparently drowned p. 372). Addenda contains numerous other useful items such as the "Great advantages of ploughing with oxen instead of horses," how to "purify fly-blown meat," "Rules for plucking geese," etc. Indexed.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The New Family Receipt Book, Containing One Thousand Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy
- Author
- ANONYMOUS
- Publisher
- John Murray, London
- Publication year
- 1837
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- New edition.
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Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
London, ON, Canada
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Attic Books is one of the premier retail locations for antiquarian books and collectable books in Canada. We recently celebrated our forty-fifth year in business. Please browse our select online stock on a wide range of subjects in books and paper collectables for the reader, scholar and the seasoned collector. Or come visit us in London, Ontario to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of our three floor bookstore, enhanced by original tin ceilings, hardwood maple floors, and the arts & crafts façade of our century building.…
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