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An encyclopædia of domestic economy : comprising subjects connected with the interests of every individual; such as the construction of domestic edifices; furniture; carriages, and instruments of domestic use. Also, animal and vegetable substances used as food, and the methods of preserving and preparing them by cooking; receipts, etc.; materials employed in dress and the toilet; business of the laundry; preservation of health; domestic medicines, &c, &c

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1849.
Call number: 253617
Creator: Webster, Thomas (1773-1844)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 24 cm
Associated people: Parkes, William,; Reese, David Meredith,
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