How to keep house!, or, Comfort and elegance on £150 to £200 a-year : containing tables for marketing; rules for general and minor expenditure; for procuring good servants; for cookery; for the food and education of children; for the preservation of health, &c. &c.

Date:
1832
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Credit: How to keep house!, or, Comfort and elegance on £150 to £200 a-year : containing tables for marketing; rules for general and minor expenditure; for procuring good servants; for cookery; for the food and education of children; for the preservation of health, &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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