c1840 A Family Library; or, Five Thousand Receipts in the Useful and Domestic Arts, Constituting a Practical Operative Cyclopaedia

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Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

Sixteenth edition. Very scarce work. A collection of five thousand tips and guides to family living with information on a variety of practical domestic jobs or chores. In addition to a section on "The Culinary Arts" there are also chapters which include wine, brewing, medicine, husbandry, horticulture, rural and domestic economy, and many others. Written by Colin Mackenzie, a Scottish writer, book producer, editor, translator and compiler who wrote and produced works of non-fiction. His works include educational and informative works on chemistry, cookery, medicine, popular science, geography, history, economics and religion, the "gentlemen's clubs" of London, a "parliamentary pocketbook", and a report on poverty.