SMITH, E. "The Complete Housewife" [J. Buckland, 1773]

"The Complete Housewife: Or, Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion Being a Collection of Upwards of Seven Hundred of the Most Approved Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Potting, Collaring, Preserving, Pickling, Cakes, Custards, Creams, Preserves, Conserves, Syrups, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials, Distilling, Brewing. With Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven, for the Regular Disposition or Placing of the Various Dishes and Courses. And Also, Bills of Fare for Every Month in the Year. To Which is Added, a Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts of Medicines, Consisting of Drinks, Syrups, Salves, Ointments, &c., Which, After Many Years Experience, have Been Proved to be Innocent in Their Application, and Most Salutary in Their Use. With Directions for Marketing." by E. Smith [J. Buckland, 1773]. Eighteenth Edition, with Additions. Full brown calf, rebacked, with a black Morocco tooled label in a compartment to the spine between raised bands, other compartments with simple decorative gilt. Both boards securely attached with reinforced joints and hinges. Boards scuffed and rubbed. shelf and edge wear. Page edges toned and with damp staining and marks, the damp staining seeping through to some leaves. One old tape repair, pictured. Inscription scratched out on front pastedown. Text block very clean with light toning, occasional foxing, and few marks. Bottom corner of the title page has a small fragment lacking. Inscription reading "note f means s" to the head of the title page. Good condition and rare.