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The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. [electronic resource] : Containing above s...

The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. [electronic resource] : Containing above s...

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The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. [electronic resource] : Containing above seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, candying, collaring, &c. with plain and easy instructions for preparing and dressing every thing suitable for an elegant entertainment, from two dishes to five or ten. &c. and directions for ranging them in their proper order. To which is prefix'd, such a copious and useful bill of fare of all manner of provisions in season for every month of the year, that no person need be at a loss to provide an agreeable variety of dishes, at a moderate expence. With directions for making and breeding poultry to advantage. Concluding with many excellent prescriptions, of singular efficacy in most distempers incident to the human body; extracted from the writings of the most eminent physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of devonshire.

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The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. [electronic resource] : Containing above seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, candying, collaring, &c. with plain and easy instructions for preparing and dressing every thing suitable for an elegant entertainment, from two dishes to five or ten. &c. and directions for ranging them in their proper order. To which is prefix'd, such a copious and useful bill of fare of all manner of provisions in season for every month of the year, that no person need be at a loss to provide an agreeable variety of dishes, at a moderate expence. With directions for making and breeding poultry to advantage. Concluding with many excellent prescriptions, of singular efficacy in most distempers incident to the human body; extracted from the writings of the most eminent physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of devonshire.

Publisher

London : Printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun on Ludgate-Hill, 1745.

Date

1745.

Record Identifier

74VK2qoyyzwy

MMS ID

991017943139702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

iv,[4],268,[36]p. : ill. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun on Ludgate-Hill, 1745.

Edition

The fourth edition, corrected and improv'd, with the addition of four hundred genuine receipts, sent to the author by several worthy persons. To which is added, easy tables of sums ready cast up, from one farthing to a pound, for the use of those not conversant in arithmetick. Also tables shewing the interest of money from 3, 3 and half, 4, and 5 p...

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1745.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. [electronic resource] : Containing above seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, candying, collaring, &c. with plain and easy instructions for preparing and dressing every thing suitable for an elegant entertainment, from two dishes to five or t...

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Notes

General note

Price in square brackets: (Price 2s 6d)

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N3513.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VK2qoyyzwy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2qoyyzwy

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MMS ID

991017943139702626