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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
22903 The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. Containing above seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, candying, collaring, &c. With plain and easy instructions for preparing and dressing every thing suitable for an elegant entertainment, from two dishes to five or ten, &c. And directions for ranging them in their proper order. To which is prefix'd, such a copious and useful bill of fare of all manner of provisions in season for every month of the year, that no person need be at a loss to provide an agreeable variety of dishes, at a moderate expence. With directions for making all sorts of wines, mead, cyder, shrub, &c. and distilling strong-waters, &c. after the most approv'd method. Concluding with many excellent prescriptions, of singular efficacy in most distempers incident to the human body; extracted from the writings of the most eminent physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of Devonshire. Harrison , Sarah
Richard Ware (London)
1739
22186 The house-keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. Containing above seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, candying, collaring, &c. with plain and easy instructions for preparing and dressing every thing suitable for an elegant entertainment, from two dishes to five or ten. &c. and directions for ranging them in their proper order. To which is prefix'd, such a copious and useful bill of fare of all manner of provisions in season for every month of the year, that no person need be at a loss to provide an agreeable variety of dishes, at a moderate expence. With directions for making and breeding poultry to advantage. Concluding with many excellent prescriptions, of singular efficacy in most distempers incident to the human body; extracted from the writings of the most eminent physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of devonshire. Harrison , Sarah
Richard Ware (London)
1745 The fourth edition, corrected and improv'd, with the addition of four hundred genuine receipts, sent to the author by several worthy persons. To which is added, easy tables of sums ready cast up,
7429 The house-Keeper's pocket-book; and compleat family cook. Containing above seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, Collaring, &c. With plain and easy Instructions for preparing, and dressing every Thing suitable for an Elegant Entertainment, from Two Dishes to Five or Ten, &c. And Directions for ranging them in their proper Order. To which is prefix'd, Such a copious and useful Bill of Fare of all manner of Provisions in Season for every Month of the Year, that no Person need be at a Loss to provide an agreeable Variety of Dishes, at a moderate Expence. With Directions for making all Sorts of Wines, Mead, Cyder, Shrub, &c. and distilling Strong-Waters, &c. after the most approved Method. And Directions for managing and breeding Poultry to Advantage. Concluding with many excellent Prescriptions, of singular Efficacy in most Distempers incident to the Human Body; extracted from the Writings of the most eminent Physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of Devonshire. The fifth edition, corrected and improv'd, with the addition of four hundred genuine receipts, sent to the author by several worthy persons. To which is added, Easy Tables of sums, ready cast up, from one farthing to a pound, for the use of those not conversant in arithmetick. Also tables shewing the interest of money from 3, 3 and half, 4, and 5 per cent. from one day to a year. Harrison , Sarah
Richard Ware (London)
1751 The fifth edition, corrected and improv'd
5588 The housewife. Being a most useful assistant in all domestic concerns, whether in a town or country situation. Containing, bills of fare for every month in the year, with Rules for Marketting. General Rules in Cookery. Directions for dressing all Kind of Fish, Flesh and Fowl, with their proper Sauces. Method of making Ragouts, Soups, Broths, Pottages, Cullisses; and dressing all Sorts of Kitchen-Garden Stuff Forms for making Jellies, Pies and Puddings. Pickling, Collaring, Potting and Preserving. Instructions for making Butter and Cheese. Rules for setting out Dinners, Suppers, &c. To make Beer, Ale, English Wines, Mead, Metheglin, Cyder, and Shrub. A curious Method of preserving Eggs fresh, either for Eating or Hatching a Twelvemonth; not to be found in any other Work of the Kind. Variety of receipts in physic, which comprize cures for most of the ailments, Accidents and Indispositions with which the human Body is chiefly amicted. Particularly, new and approved Recipes for the Recovery of Consumptive, Gouty, and Rheumatic Persons. By Lætitia Montague Sometime Companion to a Lady in one of the first Families in the Kingdom. Montague , Laetitia
James Dixwell (London)
1781
3039 The husband. In answer to The wife. Haywood , Eliza
Thomas Gardner (London)
1756
20895 The Intellectual regale; or Ladies' tea tray. Unknown ,
1815
1643 The ladies best companion; or, A Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex. Containing the whole arts of Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Potting, Pickling, Preserving, Candying, Collaring, Brewing, &c. With plain Instructions for making English Wines, from Fruits, Flowers, &c. To which is added The art of preserving Beauty. Containing the best and easiest Methods of preparing and making Washes, Essences, and Perfumes, &c. for the Hands, Neck, Face and Hair, in such a Manner as in a great Measure to delay the Ravages of Time on the Features of the Fair Sex. Likewise Directions for sweetening the Breath, curing the Tooth-ache, preserving the Teeth and Gums, &c. With many other Articles equally useful to the Fair Sex in general By Mrs. Amelia Chambers. To which are added Every Lady her own and Family's Physician. Consisting of approved physical Receipts for most Disorders that grown People and young Children are subject to. Also the Family Instructor. Containing Directions for cleaning Silks, Lace Chambers , Amelia
John P. Cooke [17 Paternoster Row] (London)
1775
6497 The ladies complete cookery; or, Family pocket companion, made plain and easy; Being the best collections of the choicest and least extravagant receipts in every branch of cookery, pastry, preserving, candying, pickling, collaring, &c. with plain and easy directions for marketing, with the seasons of the year for butcher's meat. poultry, fish, &c. &c. Also the art of making wines, brewing, making French bread, &c. To which is added, family receipts for the cure of several disorders incident to the human body. By Mrs. Mary Wilson, of Hertfordshire. Wilson , Mary
1770
7079 The ladies handmaid: Or, A compleat system of cookery; on the principals of elegance and frugality. Wherein the useful art of cookery is rendered plain, easy and familiar: containing the best approved, yet least expensive receipts in every branch of housewifry, viz. roasting, boiling, made-dishes, soups, sauces, jellies, ragouts, fricasses, tarts, cakes, creams, custards, pastry, pickling, jarring, &c. And every other branch of cookery and good housewifery, too tedious to be enumerated in a title page. Together with instructions for carving and bills of fare for every month in the year. Embellished with variety of curious copper-plates, representing the genteelest method of disposing or placing the dishes, trussing fowls, &c. Also the best approved method of clear-starching. By Mrs. Sarah Phillips, of Duke-Street. Phillips , Sarah
John Coote (London)
1758
2424 The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table, being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select Bills of Fare, properly disposed, for Family Dinners of Five Dishes to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen ; with Bills of Fare for Suppers, from Five Dishes to Nineteen ; and several deserts : including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several Bills of Fare. Likewise Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines, Raspberry, Orange, and Lemon-Brandies, &c. Also Remarks on Kitchen-Poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, A Professed Housekeeper, Who had upwards of Thirty Years Experience in Families of the first Fashion. A new edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved, to the present time. Mason , Charlotte
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
1786 A new edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved, to the present time.
2482 The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table; Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange and lemon-brandies, &c. Also remarks on kitchen-poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion. Sixth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time. Mason , Charlotte
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
1787 Sixth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time.
2502 The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table; Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise, directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange, and lemon-brandies, &c also, remarks on kitchen-poisons and necessary cautions thereon. With an appendix, containing general particulars on the breeding, rearing, and management of Poultry; on the business of the dairy; and on the management of the kitchen and fruit garden. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion. The seventh edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time. Mason , Charlotte
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
1793 The seventh edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time.
13950 The Lady of Fashion; or, A Summer in the Country and a Winter in London. Containing a Lesson to Young Men of Moderate Circumstances, Not to Suffer Their Vanity to Lead Them Into Becoming the Dupes of Persons in Higher Stations of Life Than Themselves, Exemplified in the History of Frederick Willows, Founded on a Recent Occurrence Which Took Place in the Circle of Fashionable Life. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Chiswell] (London)
1807
2462 The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table, being a complete system of cookery, Containing One Hundred and Fifty select Bills of Fare, properly disposed for Family Dinners of Five Dishes, to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen; With Upwards Of Fifty Bills of Fare for Suppers, from Five Dishes to Nineteen, And Several Deserts: Including Likewise. The fullest and choicest Receipts of various Kinds, With Full Directions for preparing them in the most approved Manner, from which a continual Change may be made, as wanted, in the several Bills of Fare: Published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, A Professed Housekeeper, who had upwards of Thirty Years Experience in Families of the first Fashion. The Fourth Edition. Mason , Charlotte
Robert Burton [2 Capel Street] (Dublin)
1778 The Fourth Edition.
2470 The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table; containing one hundred and fifty select bills of fare, Properly disposed for Family Dinners Of Five Dishes, to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen; With upwards of Fifty Bills Of Fare For Suppers, From Five Dishes to Nineteen; And Several Deserts: including a considerable number of choice receipts Of Various Kinds, With full Directions for preparing them in the most approved Manner: now first published from the manuscript collection of a professed housekeeper; Who had upwards of Thirty Years Experience in Families of the First Fashion. Mason , Charlotte
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
1773
13619 The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying the table : being a complete system of cookery : containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen, with bills of fare for suppers, from five to nineteen dishes, and several desserts, including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare : likewise directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange, and lemon-brandies, &c., also, remarks on kitchen poisons, and necessary cautions thereon : with an appendix, containing general particulars on the breeding, rearing, and management of poultry, on the business of the dairy, and on the management of the kitchen and fruit garden. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion. The ninth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time. Mason , Charlotte
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
James Scatcherd (London)
John Harris [1802-1819, 1824-1843] (London)
Richard Lea [Greek Street, Soho] (London)
Lackington, Allen and Co. (London)
William, James and John Richardson (Cornhill)
James Mathews [Matthews] (London)
P. McQueen (London)
Benjamin Crosby and Co. (London)
Thomas Kay (London)
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (London)
Cuthell and Martin (London)
James Asperne (London)
James Tindal (London)
1805 The Ninth Edition, Enlarged, Corrected, and Improved to the Present Time.
13618 The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying the table; being a complete system of cookery. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen ; with bills of fare for suppers, from five to nineteen dishes ; and several desserts : including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise, directions for brewing, making english wines, raspberry, orange, and lemon-brandies, &c. Also, remarks on kitchen poisons, and necessary precautions thereon. With an appendix, containing general particulars on the breeding, rearing, and management of poultry, on the business of dairy ; and on the management of the kitchen and fruit garden. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion. The eighth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time. Mason , Charlotte
William, James and John Richardson (Cornhill)
Crosby and Letterman (London)
Thomas Hurst [Paternoster] (London)
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
Thomas Kay (London)
James Scatcherd (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
Richard Lea [Greek Street, Soho] (London)
James Mathews [Matthews] (London)
John Sewell [Cornhill] (Cornhill)
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
Lackington, Allen and Co. (London)
P. McQueen (London)
James Tindal (London)
1801 The Eighth Edition.
2147 The lady's assistant in the oeconomy of the table: a collection of scarce and valuable receipts, taken from the manuscripts of divers persons of the most refin'd Taste and greatest Judgment in the Arts of Cookery, Preserving, &c. To which is added, the author's own method of pickling, together with Directions for making several Sorts of Wines, Mead, Sherbet, Punch, &c. after the most approved Manner. Also Directions for Marketing, Instructions for Carving, Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year, &c. Concluding with many excellent Prescriptions, of singular Efficacy in most Distempers incident to the Human Body. Originally published, by the late Mrs. Anne Battam. The second edition, with near one hundred and fifty additional receipts, from several Ladies, never before published. Battam , Anne
Robert and James Dodsley (London)
1759 The second edition, with near one hundred and fifty additional receipts, from several Ladies, never before published.
2453 The lady's assistant, for regulating and supplying her table, being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing One hundred and Fifty select Bills of Fare, properly disposed for Family Dinners, of Five Dishes to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen; with Upwards of Fifty Bills of Fare for Suppers, from Five Dishes to Nineteen; and Several Deserts: Including Likewise, The fullest and choicest Receipts of various Kinds, with Full Directions for preparing them in the most approved Manner, from which a continual Change may be made, as wanted, in the several Bills of Fare: Published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, A Professed Housekeeper, who had upwards of Thirty Years Experience in Families of the first Fashion. A new edition-to which is now added, an appendix, containing many additional receipts to the last publication ; in which are directions for brewing, making English Wines, Rasberry, Orange, and Lemon Brandies, &c. With Remarks on Kitchen-Poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Mason , Charlotte
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
1805
2448 The lady's best companion; or, a complete treasure for the fair sex. Containing the whole arts of cookery, ... To which is added, the approved family physician; ... By Mrs. Charlotte Cartwright. Cartwright , Charlotte
W. Clements (London)
1789
2445 The lady's best companion; or, complete treasure for the fair sex. Containing the whole arts of cookery, pastry, Confectionary, Potting, Pickling, Preserving, Candying, Collaring, brewing, &c. With plain instructions for making English wines, from fruits, flowers, &c. To which is added, the approved family physician; consisting of Physical Receipts, for most disorders that grown People, and young Children are subject to. By Mrs. Charlotte Cartwright. Cartwright , Charlotte
Henry M'allum (Blackburn)
1799
6322 The lady's complete guide; or cookery and confectionary in all their branches. Containing the most approved receipts, ... To which is added, ... the complete brewer; ... also the family physician; ... By Mrs. Mary Cole, cook to the right hon. The earl of Drogheda.A new edition improved. With a list of every thing in season, several bills of fear, and an elegant collection of light dishes for supper. Cole , Mary
George Kearsley [Ludgate Street] (London)
1789 A new edition improved
6426 The lady's complete guide; or cookery in all its branches. Containing The most approved Receipts, confirmed by Observation and Practice, in every reputable English Book of Cookery now extant, besides a great Variety of others which have never before been offered to the Public. Also several translated from the Productions of Cooks of Eminence who have published in France, particularly M. Commo's Histoire de Cuisine, M. Disang's Maitre D'hotel, M. Dupont and M. Valois, M. Troas, and M. Delatour, with their respective Names to each Receipt; which, with the Original Articles, will form the most complete System of Cookery ever yet exhibited, under the following Heads, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Made-Dishes, Frying, Broiling, Potting, Fricassees, Ragouts, Soups, Sauces, Gravies, Hashes, Stews, Puddings, Custards, Cakes, Tarts, Pies, Pasties, Cheesecakes, Jellies, Pickling, Preserving, Confectionary, &c. To which is added, In order to rander it as complete and perfect as possible, the complete brewer; Containing Familiar Instructions for brewing all Sorts of Beer and Ale; including the proper Management of the Vault or Cellar. Also the family physician; Consisting of a considerable Collection of approved Prescriptions by Mead, Sydenham, Tissot, Fothergil, Elliot, Buchan, and others, including a certain Remedy for that formidable Disorder, the Dropsy, recommended by Persons respectable in the highest Degree. By Mrs. Mary Cole, Cook to the Right Hon. the Earl of Drogheda. Cole , Mary
George Kearsley [Fleet Street] (London)
1788
6448 The lady's complete guide; or, cookery in all its branches. Containing the most approved receipts, ... To which is added, ... The complete brewer; ... Likewise The family physician; ... By Mrs. Mary Cole, cook to the right hon. The earl of Drogheda. The third edition very much improved. Cole , Mary
George Kearsley [Ludgate Street] (London)
1791 The third edition very much improved.
11711 The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most useful articles of wearing apparel, without waste : explained by the clearest directions, and numerous engravings, of appropriate and tasteful patterns : designed for domestic use. By a lady. Unknown , [Woman]
John Murray II [Fleet Street] (London)
1808