The compleat housewife: or, accomplished gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in cookery, pastry, confectionary, preserving, pickles ... to which is added a collection of near two hundred family receipts of medicines ... / by E-----S----- [i.e. Eliza Smith].

  • Smith, E., cook.
Date:
1730
  • Books
  • Online

Available online

view The compleat housewife: or, accomplished gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in cookery, pastry, confectionary, preserving, pickles ... to which is added a collection of near two hundred family receipts of medicines ... / by E-----S----- [i.e. Eliza Smith].

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

The compleat housewife: or, accomplished gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in cookery, pastry, confectionary, preserving, pickles ... to which is added a collection of near two hundred family receipts of medicines ... / by E-----S----- [i.e. Eliza Smith]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Printed for J. Pemberton, 1730.

Physical description

8 unnumbered leaves, 332, xv pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : diagrams ; (8vo)

Contributors

Edition

4th ed.

References note

ESTC T167156

Notes

The author has been identified as Eliza or Elizabeth Smith. cf. Maclean, V. Household and cookery books, p.134; Oxford, A. English cookery books, Index (in text, E. Smith).
Copy 1. Ownership inscription and annotations of Margrete Davies dated May 20 1774 on recto of front board. Ownership inscription of Margrete Davies also on final leaf with annotations dated 177[9?].

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    EPB/B/48633

Permanent link