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[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet
c. 1830's - 1860's. Cloth. Handmade, embroidered and beaded men's linen wallet decorated with colored beads with an embroidered image of a Masonic church. Light staining. More
1825-1849
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF EATING; Displaying the OMNIVOROUS CHARACTER OF MAN; And Exhibiting the NATIVES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES AT FEEDING TIME; "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things."
London: JOHN RUSELL SMITH, 1847. Cardboard covers. 88 pages. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. The author offers a witty tour of the world's eating habits, from the austere fare of American Indians to the lavish tables of French cuisine. A spirited series of short vignettes on eating customs - blended with..... More
![Item #4258 [AGRICULTURE] [ECONOMICS] AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS; SPEECH of R. COBDEN ESQ. M.P. R. Cobden](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4258.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718657827)
[AGRICULTURE] [ECONOMICS] AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS; SPEECH of R. COBDEN ESQ. M.P.
Manchester, Great Britain: J. Gadsby, 1845. Loose_leaf. 16 pages. A SELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXTENT AND CAUSES OF THE ALLEGED EXISTING AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS, AND INTO THE EFFECTS OF LEGISLATIVE PROTECTION UPON THE INTERESTS OF LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, AND FARM-LABOURERS. Lightly foxed on cover and rear page, otherwise clean. More
Les Classiques de la Table; The classics of the table for the use of the practitioners and people of the world, with engraved portraits
Paris: Bethune et Plon, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. 609 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Originally published -1843, in sixty parts, presented here complete. A compilation of various culinary texts and works by renown French gastronomes and chefs including: 1. Physiologie du goût by Brillat-Savarin. 2. La Gastronomie by Joseph Berchoux..... More
Nouveau DICTIONNAIRE DES MÉNAGES, De Santé, De Cuisine Et D'Économie
Paris: Chez Corbet Ainé, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. 696 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. César Gardeton's New Dictionary of Households, Health, Cooking, and Economy reflects the growing interest in domestic science and public health during the early 19th century. It combines traditional knowledge with emerging (at the time) scientific understanding..... More
![Item #4106 [AGRICULTURE] A GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN; or, Account of the Most...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4106.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706652561)
[AGRICULTURE] A GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN; or, Account of the Most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated IN GREAT BRITAIN; with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month of the Year
London: LONGMAN, REES, BROWN, AND GREEN, 1831. Hardcover. 601 pages. 23 x 14.5 cm. Owner's signature on front free end paper. Providing month-by-month tasks for keeping orchards and vegetable gardens productive. This book is notable for cataloguing old and rare varieties, some of which are little-known or forgotten today. Accounts..... More
The AMERICAN TEMPERANCE ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1835:; Adapted to all parts of the UNITED STATES AND CANADA: Containing, beside the usual Astronomical Calculations, many valuable suggestions and important statements on the subject of TEMPERANCE
Albany: Steam Press of Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1835. Sewn binding. 36 pages. 17 x 12 cm. This Temperance issue utilizes the popular practice of pairing practical information with the group's statements of belief. Here you will find charts of stars and weather predictions along with tales and illustrations showing..... More
![Item #2556 [WEST POINT] [BEER] Letter to Brother re: missing Beer; Wife of Civil War Brigadier...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2556.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1622759378)
[WEST POINT] [BEER] Letter to Brother re: missing Beer; Wife of Civil War Brigadier General Eliakim Parker Scammon
West Point, NY: 1846. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret (Stebbins) Scammon writes her brother from West Point, where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. Good Friday Morn. 1846..... More
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The Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts:; Being a Compendious Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, and Amateur.
London: John Churchill, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 281 pages. 20 x 13 cm. A guide to remedies of all shapes and sorts by a chemist who believed that most previous recipe books were not written simply enough to be utilized by general audiences, and who wished to change that. "....... More
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..... More
A TREATISE on DOMESTIC ECONOMY, for the use of YOUNG LADIES AT HOME, and AT SCHOOL
Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, And Webb, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 441 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter in one of the most remarkable families of the 19th century. Catherine was the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher..... More
The Frugal Housewife; Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy
Boston: CARTER, HENDEE AND BABCOCK, 1831. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. 18 x 12 cm. To Which Are Added Hints to Persons of Moderate Fortune. First Published in the Massachusetts Journal. Corrected and Arranged by the Author. Owner's signature in beautiful calligraphic hand on front free flyleaf: "Almira Towne/Kennebunk Port..... More
HISTOIRE des HOTELLERIES, CABARETS, COURTILLES, et des Anciennes Communautés et Confréries; D'HOTELIERS, DE TAVERNIERS, DE MARCHANDS DE VINS, Etc.
Paris: Adolphe Delahays, 1859. Hardcover. This two-volume set provides a comprehensive study of the history of Inns, Taverns, Cabarets, and related establishments in France. Vol.I 348 pages. 27.5 x 18 cm. Vol.II 408 pages. 27.5 x 18 cm. Laying the foundation of the history of this time honored way of..... More
![Item #3938 [RACIST IMAGERY] Barbarities of the West Indies & The Funeral Procession of Miss...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3938.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697812754)
[RACIST IMAGERY] Barbarities of the West Indies & The Funeral Procession of Miss Regency
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845-51. Loose_leaf. Two Etchings on One Sheet. 30 x 45.5 cm. Barbarities (No. 49) Hand Colored. Funeral (No. 47) Uncolored. Gillray's work was reassembled by Henry G. Bohn in the period 1845-51 - the engravings here are two from that set. Some soiling with three small..... More
A NEW FAMILY ENCYCLOPEDIA; or COMPENDIUM of UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE:; COMPREHENDING A Plain and Practical view of those Subjects most interesting to Persons, in the ordinary Professions of Life
Philadelphia: 1832. Third Edition. Hardcover. I468 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. A "How To" book containing everything from Natural History, The Mechanical Arts, Preservation of Health, Agriculture, Breeding various Livestock, The Art of Gardening, and much more. A great book for anyone starting a farm, even..... More
The COOK'S ORACLE; and HOUSEKEEPER'S MANUAL containing Receipts for Cookery and Directions for Carving; Also, The Art of composing the Most Simple and Most Highly Finished Broths, Gravies, Soups, Sauces, Store Sauces, and Flavouring Essences; Pastry, Preserves, Puddings, Pickles, &c.
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. Hardcover. 432 pages. The author, William Kitchiner M.D. (1775-1827), was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food, science, and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication (Masticate, denticate, chump, grind, and swallow), Kitchiner purportedly did..... More
Five Thousand Receipts In All The Useful And Domestic Arts,; Constituting A Complete And Universal Practical Library And Operative Cyclopedia
Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, 1829. Hardcover. 546 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. If one wants to live off the grid, this is the book for you. This book literally has EVERYTHING under one cover, including, How to make any type of paint, paper hanging, dying, brewing, distillation, engraving, wines, cookery..... More
The American Frugal Housewife; Dedicated to Those who Are Not Ashamed of Economy. To Which is Added Hints to Persons of Moderate Fortune
New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1842. Twenty-eighth edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Enlarged and Corrected by the Author. A popular household and cookery book, aimed at an audience of limited means. It went through many editions, and in order to avoid confusion with the English..... More
Allgemeines Deutsches Kochbuch für bürgerliche haushaltungen
Berlin: Berlag von Carl Friedrich Umelang, 1849. Hardcover. 445 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Lovely engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. An essential handbook for aspiring housewives, housekeepers and cooks. Written in "old' German script, or Fraktur. Marbled edges. Interior lightly foxed, otherwise clean. Boards lightly rubbed. From the culinary collection..... More
The Modern Housewife or MÉNAGÈRE; Comprising NEARLY ONE THOUSAND RECEIPTS for the Economic and Judicious PREPARATION OF EVERY MEAL OF THE DAY, and those for THE NURSERY AND SICK ROOM; with minute directions for Family Management in all its branches
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1849. Second Edition. Hardcover. 441 pages. 19 x 13 cm. In this playful but extensive cook book, Soyer utilizes the conversation between two women to bring the everyday language into the text. Mrs. L. and Mrs. B. speak of the their own trials and tribulations..... More
![Item #4369 [REPURPOSED] [MANUSCRIPT] ASTON PLASTER MINES near DERBY. John Pym Stevens, Anon](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4369.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1724240518)
[REPURPOSED] [MANUSCRIPT] ASTON PLASTER MINES near DERBY
Chellaston, Derbyshire, England: 1843-1950. Hardcover. 23 x 19 cm. This intriguing repurposed correspondence book was originally used by an individual connected with The Aston Plaster Mines near Derby. Written in an exceptionally neat hand, it contains copied records of the firm’s business transactions. The book’s earliest owner appears to have..... More
THE NEW WHOLE ART of CONFECTIONARY: also, SUGAR BOILING, ICEING, CANDYING, making of WINES, JELLIES, &c.; For the use of LADIES, CONFECTIONERS, HOUSEKEEPERS, &c. Particularly such as have not a perfect knowledge of The Art, to which are added, several NEW AND USEFUL RECIEPTS, never before published.
Leeds: Printed by Henry Spink, 1831. Hardcover. 44 [4] pages. The author compiles various methods of sugar boiling; and directions how to make vinegar, wines, barley sugar, lozenges, peppermint cake, candied ginger, peppermint drops and all other types of drops, the method of iceing, pound cakes, candying, Shrewsbury cakes, spice..... More
DOMESTIC MANNERS of THE AMERICANS; COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
New York: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1832. First American Edition, Reprinted for The Bookseller. Hardcover. 325 pages. 23 x 14.5 cm. Frontis, plus seven plates with tissue guards. After originally traveling to America (Cincinnati) to take advantage of a business venture, which subsequently failed, Mrs. Trollope traveled to various American..... More
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