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Title

  • The compleat housewife; or, Accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion, being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials. With copper plates curiously engraven for the regular Disposition or Placing the various Dishes and Courses. And also Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year. To which is added, a collection of above two hundred family receipts of medicines ; viz. Drinks, Syrups, Salves, Ointments, and various other Things of sovereign and approved Efficacy in most Distempers, Pains, Aches, Wounds, Sores, &c. never before made publick ; fit either for private Families, or such publick-spirited Gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor Neighbours.

Other Title

  • Accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion

Names

  • Smith, E. (Eliza), -approximately 1732.
  • Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for J. Pemberton, 1730.

Headings

  • -  Cooking, English--Early works to 1800
  • -  Formulas, recipes, etc.--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  ESTC, T167156
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-03-04 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 332, xv p. illus. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX705 .S53 1730

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48039324

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Smith, E. , -Approximately 1732, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. The compleat housewife; or, Accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion, being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials. With copper plates curiously engraven for the regular Disposition or Placing the various Dishes and Courses. And also Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year. To which is added, a collection of above two hundred family receipts of medicines ; viz. Drinks, Syrups, Salves, Ointments, and various other Things of sovereign and approved Efficacy in most Distempers, Pains, Aches, Wounds, Sores, &c. never before made publick ; fit either for private Families, or such publick-spirited Gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor Neighbours. London, Printed for J. Pemberton, 1730. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48039324/.

APA citation style:

Smith, E. & Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. (1730) The compleat housewife; or, Accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion, being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials. With copper plates curiously engraven for the regular Disposition or Placing the various Dishes and Courses. And also Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year. To which is added, a collection of above two hundred family receipts of medicines ; viz. Drinks, Syrups, Salves, Ointments, and various other Things of sovereign and approved Efficacy in most Distempers, Pains, Aches, Wounds, Sores, &c. never before made publick ; fit either for private Families, or such publick-spirited Gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor Neighbours. London, Printed for J. Pemberton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48039324/.

MLA citation style:

Smith, E. , -Approximately 1732, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. The compleat housewife; or, Accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion, being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials. With copper plates curiously engraven for the regular Disposition or Placing the various Dishes and Courses. And also Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year. To which is added, a collection of above two hundred family receipts of medicines ; viz. Drinks, Syrups, Salves, Ointments, and various other Things of sovereign and approved Efficacy in most Distempers, Pains, Aches, Wounds, Sores, &c. never before made publick ; fit either for private Families, or such publick-spirited Gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor Neighbours. London, Printed for J. Pemberton, 1730. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48039324/>.