THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Lady's-Maid, Maid-of-all-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly, Wet and Sick Nurses, etc., etc. Also S And an Appendix containing Several Hundreds of New Recipes.

373rd Thousand. Undated, but c.1880. 8vo., in modern re-binding of half calf gilt, with raised bands and gilt rules to spine, over marbled boards, new endpapers, all edges marbled; [xlvii] + 2pp list of illustrations + 1296pp + publisher's list, with 12 colour plates plus 10 full page wood engravings and numerous illustrations within text. Previous owner's ink name and date of 1883 to early blank, occasional pencil annotation and underlining to text. Light foxing to prelims plus very occasionally throughout. A VG bright copy overall.