INVENTORY #107529
The New Family Receipt Book, Containing One Thousand Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy
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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.
Publication Info
- Publisher: John Murray
- Edition: New edition
- Date Published: 1837
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
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.