The Ladies' Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table; being a Complete System of Cookery, &c. containing the most Select Bills of Fare...and several Deserts...likewise Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines...
by MASON, Charlotte .:
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London: Printed for J. Walter, at Homer's-Head, Charing-Cross, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787] .. Sixth edition. Disbound. 8vo.[18pp.]/pp.484/[20pp. - index, ending with one page of adverts]. Boards detached, but text block is tightly bound, except for the last leaf of the index which has some loss to the edges (affecting a few words of text). Half title very soiled. Clean English text throughout on lightly toned paper. G. * Referenced by: ESTC N19313 ** Full title reads: "The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table : Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange and lemon-brandies, &c. Also remarks on kitchen-poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion."
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- The Ladies' Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table; being a Complete System of Cookery, &c. containing the most Select Bills of Fare...and several Deserts...likewise Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines...
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- MASON, Charlotte .:
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- London: Printed for J. Walter, at Homer's-Head, Charing-Cross, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787] .
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