The ladies best companion; or, a golden treasure for the fair sex. Containing the whole arts of cookery ... With plain instructions for making English wines ... To which is added The art of preserving beauty ... / by Amelia Chambers. To which are added Every lady her own and family's physician ... also The family instructor ... And a great variety of other articles too numerous to be inserted in a title page.

  • Chambers, Amelia.
Date:
[1800?]
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Credit: The ladies best companion; or, a golden treasure for the fair sex. Containing the whole arts of cookery ... With plain instructions for making English wines ... To which is added The art of preserving beauty ... / by Amelia Chambers. To which are added Every lady her own and family's physician ... also The family instructor ... And a great variety of other articles too numerous to be inserted in a title page. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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