The Female's Encyclopaedia of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge; Comprising Every Branch of Domestic Economy
by anon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Sears & Co, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. M.U. Sears. Rebound in salmon cloth with the chipped lettering piece laid back down. A singularly paternalistic and shotgun approach to the genre - includes recommendations on apparel, the duties of married life, female biography ("or, records of feminine talent, worth, and virtue"), courtship and marriage among the Tartars of the Crimea, arithmetic, contentment, and cookery. 440pp. Scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: M.U. Sears. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Women & Feminism. Inventory No: 045140.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045140
- Title
- The Female's Encyclopaedia of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge; Comprising Every Branch of Domestic Economy
- Author
- anon
- Illustrator
- M.U. Sears
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (rebound in cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sears & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Keywords
- Cooking, Wine & Dining; Women & Feminism. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women & Feminism;
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...