Author: Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton]
Title: The Book of Household Management
Description: London, Ward, Lock and Co. 1899 . Cloth. The six hundred and sixtieth thousand of Isabella Beeton's renowned work of cookery and household management, illustrated with colour plates. The six hundred and sixtieth thousand of this work.Illustrated with twelve chromolithographs, two of which are folding, and further monochrome plates and vignettes. Collated, complete.First published in 1861, this extensive guide to managing a household was a best-selling book. By 1868, it had sold nearly two million copies, making it an extremely popular guide held as standard by many at the time. By 1907, the work spanned over two thousand pages. After her death in 1865, Beeton's guidebook continued in its popularity and saw countless edition and revision throughout the following centuries, keeping it up to date with contemporary tastes.With fascinating contemporary advertisements to the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers, and to thirty-eight pages to the rear.With two leaves bearing charming handwritten recipes to the rear, one of which is in French, and the other describing the recipe for Sole Florentine. These recipes are dated 1902 and 1903. In the publisher's original quarter morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Losses to back strip head and tail, and joints. Joints starting, with boards a touch tender. Front free endpaper tenderly held to the head only, with one leaf detached and loosely inserted. Otherwise, internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean, with only the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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