The young ladies school of arts. Containing a great variety of practical receipts, in gum-flowers, filligree, japanning, Shell-Work, Gilding, Painting, Cosmetics, Jellies, Preserves, Cakes, Cordials, Creams, Jamms, Pickles, Candying, Made Wines, Clear Starching, &c together with directions for breeding canary birds, and breeding, nursing, and ordering of the silk-worm. Also a great many Curious Receipts, both useful and entertaining, never before published. By Mrs. Hannah Robertson. The fourth edition, with large additions.

ID 4486
Title The young ladies school of arts. Containing a great variety of practical receipts, in gum-flowers, filligree, japanning, Shell-Work, Gilding, Painting, Cosmetics, Jellies, Preserves, Cakes, Cordials, Creams, Jamms, Pickles, Candying, Made Wines, Clear Starching, &c together with directions for breeding canary birds, and breeding, nursing, and ordering of the silk-worm. Also a great many Curious Receipts, both useful and entertaining, never before published. By Mrs. Hannah Robertson. The fourth edition, with large additions.
Contributors
Signed Author By Mrs. Hannah Robertson.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination [3], vi-xx, [2], 182
Date of Publication 1784
Edition Statement The fourth edition, with large additions.
Edition Number 4
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for R. Spence in High-Ousegate
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing York GB
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm)
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling) 1
Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 18
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
Notes
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Robertson, Hannah. The young ladies school of arts. Containing a great variety of practical receipts, in gum-flowers, filligree, japanning, Shell-Work, Gilding, Painting, Cosmetics, Jellies, Preserves, Cakes, Cordials, Creams, Jamms, Pickles, Candying, Made Wines, Clear Starching, &c together with directions for breeding canary birds, and breeding, nursing, and ordering of the silk-worm. Also a great many Curious Receipts, both useful and entertaining, never before published. By Mrs. Hannah Robertson. The fourth edition, with large additions.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 4486, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/4486. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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