The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook; being a full and clear display of the art of cookery in all its branches. Containing proper directions for dressing all kinds of butcher's meat, poultry, game, fish. To which is added, the complete art of carving, illustrated with engravings. Also, bills of fare for every month in the year. directions for marketing � The seventeenth edition. Corrected, revised, and considerably improved, by every modern addition and variation in the art, by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie, late apprentice to Messrs. Tupp and Perry, Oxford Street; afterwards principal cook at Melun's Hotel, Bath; and of Martelli's, The Albany, London.

HENDERSON, William Augustus.

Published by Printed for Thomas Kelly. [1823], 1823

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464pp, engraved frontispiece, and 11 engraved plates. 8vo. Old waterstain to inner top margin first five leaves, light browning & occasional marking. Full contemporary tree calf, gilt borders, double ruled gilt spine bands, green morocco label. An attractive copy. Worldcat records a single copy of this edition (BL). The Housekeeper's Instructor was first published c1790, and ran through seventeen editions by 1823, with ten in the 18th century. The first edition improved by Schnebbelie appears to be the 12th in 1804. The recipes are designed for middle class families, and to enable the lady of the household to 'acquit herself at the table with honour and reputation'. Seller Inventory # 91567

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Title: The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal ...
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Kelly. [1823]
Publication Date: 1823
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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