The compleat city and country cook: or, accomplish'd housewife. Containing, Several Hundred of the most approv'd Receipts in Cookery, Confectionary, Cordials, Cosmeticks, Jellies, Pastry, Pickles, Preserving, Syrups, English Wines, &c. Illustrated with forty-nine large copper plates, directing the regular placing the various Dishes on the Table, from one to four or five Courses: Also, Bills of Fare according to the several Seasons for every Month of the Year. Likewise, The Horse-Shoe Table for the Ladies at the late Instalment at Windsor; the Lord Mayor's Table; and other Hall Dinners in the City of London; with a Fish Table, &c. By Charles Carter. Lately Cook to his Grace the Duke of Argyle, the Earl of Pontefract, the Lord Cornwallis, &c. To which are added, Near Two Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Physick and Surgery, for the Cure of the most common Diseases incident to Families; with several sovereign Receipts for the Cure of the Bite of a Mad Dog.

  • Carter, Charles.
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1736
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London : printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; and C. Davis, in Pater-Noster-Row: and S. Austen in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1736.

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viii,329,[15]p.,49 plates ; 80.

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The second edition, with large additions.

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ESTC T91033

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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