The Book of Household Management
COMPRISING INFORMATION FOR MISTRESS, HOUSEKEEPER, COOK, KITCHEN-MAID, BUTLER, FOOTMAN, COACHMAN, VALET, UPPER AND UNDER HOUSE-MAIDS, LADY'S MAID, MAID-OF-ALL-WORK, LAUNDRY-MAID, NURSE AND NURSE-MAID, MONTHLY, WET AND SICK NURSES, ETC.ETC. Also Sanitary, Medical, and Legal Memoranda; with a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of All Things connected with Home Life and Comfort. BY MRS ISABELLA BEETON. ENTIRELY NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED, WITH NEW COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH THOUSAND. LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW.
Thick 8vo. The Paste-down and recto with tipped in recipes etc. Verso Frontispiece. Title page. Verso with advertisements. (1)iv Preface to the first and new editions. (1)vi General Contenets. (1)viii-xxxv Analytical Index. xxxvi-xl Index to Engravings. (1) List of 12 Coloured Engravings. 5p Advertisements. [1]2-1139. [1]+p45 Advertisements. The back Paste-down and End-paper with advertisements. With the original green cloth boards. The spine with the original ornate gilt-tooling. top and bottom edges slightly scuffed. Internally very clean and bright. Front and back additional pages browned. The title page has, at the top 'THE BOOK' missing. The second enlarged edition.
- This copy of the second edition is a well-used one still retaining it's originality. All the pages prefacing the main text are slightly bronwed with ragged edges. but no loss. It is quite scarce and should still be treasured. It is one of the cornerstones of a collection of English cookery texts. It broke the publishing mold of the time, because of Isabella Beeton's focused effort and vision. Also the full backing of her loving husband and publisher who was crucial to the enormous success of this book.
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