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The lady's companion [electronic resource] : or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, ob...

The lady's companion [electronic resource] : or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, ob...

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The lady's companion [electronic resource] : or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, observations for their conduct thro' all ages and circumstances of life: in which are comprised all parts of good housewifry, particularly rules, and above two thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery. I. Making all sorts of soops and sauces. II. Dressing flesh, fish, and fowl; this last illustrated with cuts, shewing how every fowl, &c. is to be truss'd for the spit. III. Making 100 different sorts of puddings. IV. The whole art of pastry, in making pies, tarts, &c. V. Receipts for pickling, collaring, potting, &c. VI. For preserving, making creams, jellies, and all manner of confectionary. Vii. Rules and directions for setting out dinners, suppers, and grand entertainments. To which is added, several bills of fare for every month in the year, and the shapes of pies, tarts, and pasties. With instructions for marketing. Also receipts for making the choicest cordials for the closet: brewing beers, ales, &c. Making all sorts of English wines, cyder, mum, mead, metheglin, vinegar, verjuice, catchup, &c. Some fine perfumes, pomatums, cosmeticks, and other beautifiers. With 300 valuable receipts in physick. ... .

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The lady's companion [electronic resource] : or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, observations for their conduct thro' all ages and circumstances of life: in which are comprised all parts of good housewifry, particularly rules, and above two thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery. I. Making all sorts of soops and sauces. II. Dressing flesh, fish, and fowl; this last illustrated with cuts, shewing how every fowl, &c. is to be truss'd for the spit. III. Making 100 different sorts of puddings. IV. The whole art of pastry, in making pies, tarts, &c. V. Receipts for pickling, collaring, potting, &c. VI. For preserving, making creams, jellies, and all manner of confectionary. Vii. Rules and directions for setting out dinners, suppers, and grand entertainments. To which is added, several bills of fare for every month in the year, and the shapes of pies, tarts, and pasties. With instructions for marketing. Also receipts for making the choicest cordials for the closet: brewing beers, ales, &c. Making all sorts of English wines, cyder, mum, mead, metheglin, vinegar, verjuice, catchup, &c. Some fine perfumes, pomatums, cosmeticks, and other beautifiers. With 300 valuable receipts in physick. ... .

Publisher

London : printed for T. Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Fryers, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIII. [1743]

Uniform title

Whole duty of a woman.

Date

MDCCXLIII. [1743]

Record Identifier

74VvXgveGbod

MMS ID

991011053939702626

Language

English

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Physical content

2v., plates : ill. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for T. Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Fryers, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIII. [1743]

Edition

The fourth edition, with large additions.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCXLIII. [1743]

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

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The lady's companion [electronic resource] : or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, observations for their conduct thro' all ages and circumstances of life: in which are comprised all parts of good housewifry, particularly rules, and above two thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery. I. Making all sorts of soops and sauce...

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Notes

General note

First published in 1737 as "The whole duty of a woman".

Reproduction of original from National Library of Medicine.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N19120.

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

74VvXgveGbod

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

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MMS ID

991011053939702626