Universal Recipe Book. Containing Recipes Valuable to Every Tradesman, Artist, Merchant, and Lady. Also many new and highly valuable recipes never before published, some of which have been sold as high as one thousand dollars and upwards

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6.75 x 4.5", 292 pp, in original brown cloth with title stamped in gilt on upper board. Silverfish damage to cloth, well rubbed at corners and spine ends, one gathering partially spring. Good. Early ownership signature of Robert Walton, Spiceland, Indiana, on front free endpaper. Not a traditional cookbook, this interesting compendium includes recipes for ketchups and jellies; household cleaners; paints and varnishes; hair dyes and perfumes; and remedies for common illnesses, as well as instructions for the right way to perform a wide range of tasks, such as preserving fruit, eggs, and meat; etching glass for signs; waterproofing leather; rendering putrid water sweet; propagating fruit trees, and much more. N° de ref. del artículo 23421

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