The family-dictionary; or, Household companion: Containing, in an alphabetical method, I. Directions for cookery, in dressing flesh, fowl, fish, herbs, boots, &c. Seasoning, making sauces, bills of fare, art of carving, &c. II. Making all sorts of pastry ware, and things made of meal, flower, whether bak'd, boyled, or fried, &c. III. Making of conserves, candies, preserves, confects, lozenges, gellies, creams, pickles, &c. IV. The making all kinds of potable liquors, ... English wines of cherries, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, &c. Cyder, cyder-royal, usquebaugh, cordial waters. V. The making of all sorts of rare perfumes, sweet balls, pouders, admirable washes, beautifying waters, oils, essences, pomatums. VI. The virtues and uses of the most usual herbs and plants, their roots, barks, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, used in physick. VII. The preparations of several choice medicines, ... The second edition, corrected, and much enlarged. By William Salmon, professor of physick.

People / Organizations

• William Salmon (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for H. Rhodes, at the Star, the corner of Bride-lane, in Fleet-street: and sold by R. Clavel at the Peacock against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1696.

Publication year

1696-1696

ESTC No.

R26997

Grub Street ID

110226

Description

[8], 393, [7] p. ; 8⁰

Note

Wing erroneously attributes this to the initialism used in the first edition, J.H.

Title page is a cancel.

Identified as Wing S429 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1339.Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H66aA