The family dictionary, or, Houshold companion ... / by William Salmon ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, William, 1644-1713.

Contributor:

Esther B. Aresty Collection of Rare Books on the Culinary Arts (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, English--Early works to 1800.

Cooking, English.

Home economics--Early works to 1800.

Home economics.

Medicine, Popular--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Popular.

Confectionery.

Baking.

Brewing.

Penn Provenance:

Shircliffe, Arnold (bookplate & autograph)

Hadinton, Thomas, Earl of (bookplate)

Aresty, Esther B. (donor)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 560 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The fourth edition, with above eleven hundred additions, intersperst through the whole work.

Other Title:

Family dictionary

Houshold companion

Family dictionary, or, Household companion

Half-title: Salmon's Family dictionary, or, houshold companion

Salmon's Family dictionary, or houshold companion

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for H. Rhodes ..., 1710.

Contents:

(from t.p.) I. Cookery in dressing flesh, fowl, fish, herbs, roots, making sawces, &c.

II. Pastry, making pyes, pasties, puddings, pancakes, cheesecakes, custards, tansies, &c.

III. Confects, candies, conserves, preserves, creams, gellies, pickles, &c.

IV. Potable liquors, as ale, beer, mum, mead, cider, perry, rape, English wines, chocolet, coffee, tea, &c.

V. Perfuming sweet balls, pouders, pomanders, essences, sweet waters, beautifying washes, &c.

VI. Husbandry, as it relates to the improvement of our barren and waste lands, manufactures, &c.

VII. Preparations Galenick and chymick, relating to physick and chirurgery ... fitted for curing most diseases incident to men, women, and children.

Notes:

Edition statement precedes statement of responsibility.

Signatures: A-2N8.

Printed in double columns.

Cited in:

ESTC, T91044

OCLC:

14306377