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The complete housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion : being a collection of upwards of seven hundred of the most approved receipts ... : with copper plates, curiously engraven, for the regular disposition or placing of the various dishes and courses : and also bills of fare for every month in the year : to which is added, a collection of above three hundred receipts of medicines ... : with directions for marketing

Title
The complete housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion : being a collection of upwards of seven hundred of the most approved receipts ... : with copper plates, curiously engraven, for the regular disposition or placing of the various dishes and courses : and also bills of fare for every month in the year : to which is added, a collection of above three hundred receipts of medicines ... : with directions for marketing / by E. Smith.
Author
Smith, E. (Eliza), -approximately 1732.
Publication
London : Printed for J. Buckland, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Lowndes, S. Bladon, W. Nicoll, C. and R. Ware, 1773.

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Description
[40] p., 400 p., [1], 4 leaves of plates : ill.; 21 cm. (8vo)
Alternative Title
  • Complete housewife
  • Acomplished gentlewoman's companion
Subject
  • Cooking, English > Early works to 1800
  • Medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions > Early works to 1800
  • Medicine, Popular > Early works to 1800
  • Menus > Early works to 1800
  • Table setting and decoration > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
  • Grocery shopping > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Note
  • First edition published under title: The compleat housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion. London : Printed for J. Pemberton, 1727. Cf. Maclean; ESTC N68071; Cagle, W.R. Matter of taste, 996.
  • Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ b⁴ B-2C⁸.
  • Illustrations: 5 prints : engraving, etching ; full-page. Comprise frontispiece, depicting five kitchen workers preparing food, and 4 diagrams of table settings.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC (RLIN)
  • Maclean, V. Household and cookery books
Call Number
*KU 01-246
OCLC
  • 14834182
  • NYPGR14834182-B
Author
Smith, E. (Eliza), -approximately 1732.
Title
The complete housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion : being a collection of upwards of seven hundred of the most approved receipts ... : with copper plates, curiously engraven, for the regular disposition or placing of the various dishes and courses : and also bills of fare for every month in the year : to which is added, a collection of above three hundred receipts of medicines ... : with directions for marketing / by E. Smith.
Imprint
London : Printed for J. Buckland, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Lowndes, S. Bladon, W. Nicoll, C. and R. Ware, 1773.
Edition
The eighteenth edition, with additions.
Indexed In:
ESTC (RLIN) T141373
Maclean, V. Household and cookery books, p. 133-134
Local Note
Helen Hay Whitney Collection.
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Research Call Number
*KU 01-246
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