Miss Beecher's DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK:; Designed as a SUPPLEMENT to her TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY
New York: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1848. Third Edition. Hardcover. 306 pages. 19 x 12 cm. This book was a supplement to A Treatise on Domestic Economy. It includes a bird's-eye look into the ideal home of the late 1800's. Catherine E. Beecher was a pioneer in scientific kitchen planning, recommending specific work area for preparation and cleanup as well as all the ideas taken for granted in the modern kitchens of today. Anticipating a household with fewer servants, they concentrated on teaching contemporary homemakers how to cope with newly invented ranges, stoves, refrigerators, and other utensils and gadgets. Illustrated throughout. Foxing throughout, covers rubbed at edges. Hinges cracked but holding. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut. [LOWENSTEIN 420]. Blue boards. Good. Item #3840
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