Vegetable cookery : with an introduction, recommending abstinence from animal food and intoxicating liquors / By a lady.

Date:
1833
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Credit: Vegetable cookery : with an introduction, recommending abstinence from animal food and intoxicating liquors / By a lady. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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