The compleat housewife
or accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of six hundred of the most approved receipts ... With copper plates ... To which is added, a collection of above three hundred family receipts of medicines; ... By E. Smith.
The eleventh edition, with very large additions; ..
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Author
Publication
1742 - printed for J. and H. Pemberton, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
91,500 words, Guess
Page Count
366 pages
Physical Format
Microform
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16939121M
Subjects
Series Statement
- Eighteenth century -- reel 5214, no. 1.
Other Editions
- The compleat housewife: or accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of six hundred of the most approved receipts ... With copper plates ... To which is added, a collection of above three hundred family receipts of medicines; ... By E. Smith.
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