English housewifry. Exemplified in above four hundred receits, never before printed; giving directions in most parts of cookery; ... With sculptures for the orderly placing the dishes, and courses; ... By Elizabeth Moxon.

People / Organizations

• Elizabeth Moxon (Author)

Imprint

Leeds: printed by J. Lister, and sold by J. Swale, J. Ogle, and S. Howgate; J. Lord at Wakefield; and the author at Pontefract, [1741?]

Publication year

1741-1741

ESTC No.

T228268

Grub Street ID

248775

Description

[4],209,[23]p.,plates ; 8⁰

Note

The unpaginated section comprises 'A bill of fare for every season of the year', the index and a final errata leaf.

The plates are woodcuts with letterpress explanations.

Uncontrolled note

Elizabeth Moxon collected subscriptions for this book, hence the dating. See Virginia Maclean's 'A short-title catalogue of household and cookery books published in the English tongue 1701-1800', London, 1981