Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton]
Beeton&Apos;S All About Gardening: Being a Popular Dictionary of Gardening, Containing Full Practical Instructions in the Different Branches of Horticultural Science; All About Cookery: A Collection of Practical Recipes, Arranged in Alphabetical Order and Fully Illustrated
London, Ward, Lock, and Co, c1871. Cloth. Two illustrated volumes from Beeton's "All About It" series of household and cookery books. This uniform set offers two classic Mrs. Beeton titles from the "All About It" series, including one on gardening and one on cookery. Arranged alphabetically, they serve as an encyclopedic handbook to recipes, tools, preparation, seasonal guides and more. In the original cloth bindings. Isabella Beeton was an English journalist, editor and writer best known for her 'Book of Household Management', which acted as an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain.Both of the volumes included here are illustrated throughout with in-text engravings, as well as two colour plates to the beginning of 'Cookery&apos. With eighteen pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Gardening' and fourteen pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Cookery&apos. In the original cloth binding. Externally, rubbed and bumped, with marks to the boards and damp stains to 'Cookery&apos. Hinges to 'Gardening' are weak. Internally, generally firmly bound, with last leaf of advertisements torn out to 'Gardening&apos. With age toning and offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots of varying degrees throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Keywords: Beeton's All About Gardening All About Cookery Isabella Beeton Illustrated All About Cookery Not Stated