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The experienced English housekeeper : for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. : wrote purely from practice ... consisting of near nine hundred original recipes, most of which never appeared in print ...

Title
The experienced English housekeeper : for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. : wrote purely from practice ... consisting of near nine hundred original recipes, most of which never appeared in print ... / by Elizabeth Raffald.
Author
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.
Publication
London : Printed for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin ..., 1773.

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Description
[4], iii, [1], 366, [18] p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill.; 21 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "N.B. No book is genuine but what is signed by the author." Signed on p. 1, at head of text.
  • Original edition published: Manchester : Printed by J. Harrop, for the author, and sold by Messrs. Fletcher and Anderson, London; and by Eliz. Raffald, Confectioner, Manchester, 1769. Cf. ESTC T82678.
  • Signatures: A⁴ B-2B⁸ [superscript chi]2B⁸.
  • Illustrations: Engraved diagrams of a stove and two table settings.
  • Publisher's advertisements: p. [383-384].
  • Includes index.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC (RLIN)
  • Vicaire, G. Bib. gastronomique
  • Maclean, V. Household and cookery books
  • Cagle, W.R. Matter of taste
Contents
(from t.p.) Part I. Lemon pickle, browning for all sorts of made dishes, soups, fish, plain meat, game, made dishes both hot and cold, pyes, puddings, &c. -- Part II. All kind of confectionary ... with directions to set out a table in the most elegant manner ... -- Part III. Pickling, potting, and collaring, wines, vinegars, catchups, distilling ... and a correct list of every thing in season for every month of the year.
Call Number
*KU 01-240
OCLC
  • 18495120
  • NYPGR18495120-B
Author
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.
Title
The experienced English housekeeper : for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. : wrote purely from practice ... consisting of near nine hundred original recipes, most of which never appeared in print ... / by Elizabeth Raffald.
Imprint
London : Printed for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin ..., 1773.
Edition
The third edition, with three copper plates of a curious new-invented fire stove, wherein any common fuel may be burnt instead of charcoal, and two plans of a grand table of two covers.
Indexed In:
ESTC (RLIN) T82676
Vicaire, G. Bib. gastronomique, col. 727
Maclean, V. Household and cookery books, p. 121
Cagle, W.R. Matter of taste, 945
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