1857 A Manual of Domestic Economy: Suited to Families Spending from £100 to £1000 a Year

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Uncommon

A very scarce second edition of this overall uncommon work. Only two copies of the first edition are held institutionally.

Volume retains its original front and rear boards, however lacking spine. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-six plates of wood engraved figures. With the following misprints as issued: Plate containing figures 19-25 are located prior to the plate containing figures 16-18, not facing page 34. Plate containing figures 71-72 located facing page 66, not 114. Collated, complete. 

This intriguing guide offers household economic, management and health advice for families earning a range of incomes, including chapters on decoration, domestic servants, cookery and social duties of heads of families. 

Written by John Henry Walsh, mostly known for his sports writing under the pseudonym "Stonehenge", and credited here as having had assistance "in various departments by a committee of ladies".