The English house-wife
containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman, as her skill in physick, chirurgery, cookery, extraction of oyls, banqueting stuff, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sort of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfums, ordering of wool, hemp, flax, making cloath and dying ; the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, of oats, their excellent uses in families, of brewing, baking
And now the ninth time much augmented, purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men and the general good of this nation.
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Author
Publication
1683 - Printed for Hannah Sawbridge ..., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
47,000 words, Guess
Page Count
188 pages
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number940203350
- Open LibraryOL43813211M
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- The English house-wife: containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman, as her skill in physick, chirurgery, cookery, extraction of oyls, banqueting stuff, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sort of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfums, ordering of wool, hemp, flax, making cloath and dying ; the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, of oats, their excellent uses in families, of brewing, baking
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