1864 The Book of Household Management; Comprising Information for the 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 & Legal Memoranda; With a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated

"Sixty-fifth thousand" edition. First published in 1861.

A very scarce edition.

Illustrated with twelve colour plates and numerous in-text engravings. Collated, complete. Lacking front blanks. 

Isabella Beeton's extensive guide to cookery and running a Victorian household, offering a wide variety of recipes, hints for the organisation of kitchens and larders, marketing, and a calendar of food in season. She also gives advice on table decorations, how to wait a table, how to set a table, and how to carve meats and fish. 

Beeton's work was originally serialised as 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine' in twenty-four monthly instalments in 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine', her husband's publication.

Bound in full burgundy cloth. Closely trimmed, not impacting the text.