A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; For the Use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses. By Several Hands

Description:

4th edition. To which is added a second part (3rd edition), containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweet meats, &c.

Condition

Sm. 8vo, cont. full calf, corners repaired, rebacked in period style, orig. endpapers retained, raised bands, leather title-label. 20th-century gastronomically themed book-plate to endpaper; owner's name, Elizabeth Thornnery, inscribed and dated, 1792, to title page. Occasional spotting and light marginal soiling. A very good copy.