The modern housewife or menagère. . Comprising nearly one thousands receipts for the economic and judicious preparation of every meal of the day, and those for the nursery and sick room; with minute directions for family management in all its branches. Illustrated with engravings ... By Alexis Soyer ...
Alexis Soyer (1809-1858)
Category
Books
Date
1850
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3113016
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 456, [10] p., [5] plates . ill.., port.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Front flyleaf wanting. Nineteenth-century manuscript slip affixed to p. 36 with recipe for "Nice broth". Twentieth-century folded manuscript slip loosely inserted, with untitled recipe.. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Twentieth-century pencil inscriptions: "J. B. Pope" and R. H. [?] P. Edwards".. Binding: Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with gilt decorative spine, as issued.
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Alexis Soyer (1809-1858)