The Practical Farmer Gardener And Housewife Or Dictionary Of Agriculture Horticulture And

by Edward James Hooper

$750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Cincinnati: Geo. Conclin, 1839. First edition, 8vo, pp. 544; woodblock text illustrations throughout, some full page; contemporary full calf, gilt ruled spine, black morocco label; joints cracked, boards rubbed, light edge toning to textblock, otherwise good, the textblock sound. An uncommon reference on a wide range of domestic subjects, organized alphabetically. For a sample: Chocolate, choking in cattle, chopped hands, churn. Each entry offers recipes,

• Binding: Leather

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