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An economical and new method of cookery : describing upwards of eighty cheap, wholesome, and nourishing dishes, consisting of roast, boiled, and baked meats : stews, fries, and above forty soups : a variety of puddings, pies, &c. : with new and useful observations on rice, barley, pease, oatmeal, and milk, and the numerous dishes they afford, adapted to the necessity of the times, equally in all ranks of society / by Eliza Melroe.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - E.F. Smith Collection TX705 .M464 1798
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melroe, Eliza, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, English.
- Genre:
- cookbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 94, [2] pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Melroe's descriptive arrangement of domestic oeconomy adapted to all ranks of society : as a means to lighten the burthens of taxes, and lessen the poor rates
- Fingerprint:
- R.t, bes, des, poam (3) 1798 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed and published for the author, by C. Chapple ... : Sold also by T.N. Longman ... and all other booksellers in town and country, 1798.
- Notes:
- Issued in blue paper wrappers with the following printed on front wrapper: A saving of 30 per cent, in house-keeping. Melroe's descriptive arrangement of domestic oeconomy adapted to all ranks of society; as a means to lighten the burthens of taxes, and lessen the poor rates.
- Signatures: [A]² B-F⁸ G⁶ (leaf G6 blank).
- Woodcut headpiece.
- "Entered at Stationers' Hall."--Title leaf.
- "Price 2s. 6d. or six for 10.6d if purchased by Clubs of the labouring Poor, or intended for their Use."--Title leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Smith TX705 .M464 1798 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Blackwell's Rare Books in 2026. Without the index and alterations to price and imprint present in some copies; see English short title catalogue. "Advertisement" tipped in at beginning of volume. Many leaves unopened. Bookseller's description of this copy laid in.
- Cited in:
- English short title catalogue, T32410 (var.)
- Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, 17413
- OCLC:
- 122699400
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