Cobbett, William

[BEER BREWING] [AGRICULTURE] COTTAGE ECONOMY; FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE FIRST LONDON EDITION

New York: STEPHEN GOULD AND SON, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. 125 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Book plate of Jill Norman, culinary historian, author, and Elizabeth David's editor.
"Information relative to the brewing of BEER, making BREAD, keeping COWS, PIGS, BEES, EWES, GOATS, POULTRY, and RABBITS, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of the Labourer's Family; to which are added, instructions relative to the selecting, the cutting, and the bleaching of the Plants of ENGLISH GRASS and GRAIN, for the purpose of making HATS and BONNETS." Tipped in at title page, engraving of three types of grains/grasses. Bound in modern boards. Very light foxing. Cream cloth covered boards. Very good. Item #4592

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