The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion
Book Description
                        [16], 348, six folding plates,  xv, [1], 4pp of adverts. Fifth edition, first edition where surname of author is mentioned. Includes 2p of manuscript recipes. Endpaper loose, closed tears to 5 oof the folding plates, repaired with tape. Bound in panelled calf, some abrasions. Pages generally very clean, occasional mark from use. First cookery book published in the 13 states of America and first bestseller written by a woman. Bookplate of Jill Norman, award winning writer and editor on food and drink, and literary executor of Elizabeth David
                    
                                    
                        Author
                        Smith, Eliza
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1732
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Full leather
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        Printed for J. Pemberton, London
                    
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        Good/very good
                    
                    
                                        
                        Pages
                        348
                    
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