The whole duty of a woman: or, An infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, rules, directions, and observations, for their conduct and behaviour through all ages and circumstances of life, as virgins, wives, or widows. With directions, how to obtain all useful and fashionable accomplishments suitable to the sex. In which are comprised all parts of good housewifry, particularly rules and receipts in every kind of cookery. 1. Making all sorts of soops and sauces. 2. Dressing flesh, fish, and fowl; this last illustrated with cuts, shewing how every fowl, wild or tame, is to be trust for the spit: likewise all other kind of game. 3. Making above 40 different sorts of puddings. 4. The whole art of pastry in making pies, tarts, and pasties. 5. Receipts for all manner of pickling, collaring, &c. 6. For preserving, making creams, jellies, and all manner of confectionary. 7. Rules and directions for setting out dinners, suppers, and grand entertainments. To which is added, bills of fare for eve

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  • The whole duty of a woman: or, An infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, rules, directions, and observations, for their conduct and behaviour through all ages and circumstances of life, as virgins, wives, or widows. With directions, how to obtain all useful and fashionable accomplishments suitable to the sex. In which are comprised all parts of good housewifry, particularly rules and receipts in every kind of cookery. 1. Making all sorts of soops and sauces. 2. Dressing flesh, fish, and fowl; this last illustrated with cuts, shewing how every fowl, wild or tame, is to be trust for the spit: likewise all other kind of game. 3. Making above 40 different sorts of puddings. 4. The whole art of pastry in making pies, tarts, and pasties. 5. Receipts for all manner of pickling, collaring, &c. 6. For preserving, making creams, jellies, and all manner of confectionary. 7. Rules and directions for setting out dinners, suppers, and grand entertainments. To which is added, bills of fare for eve
  • Infallible guide to the fair sex
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Imprint
London : printed for T. Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Fryers, Fleet-Street, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]
Added name
Read, T., active 1723-1758, bookseller.
Publication year
1737
ESTC No.
T27551
Grub Street ID
259464
Description
[2], 653, 664-694 p., [54] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4°.
Note
Words "1. Making ... grand entertainments" printed in two columns divided by single rule on t.p

Text is complete despite pagination

Pp. 33-40, 207, 529-540 and 687 misnumbered 41-48, 407, 527-538 and 487 respectively

With a headpiece and a factotum initial on leaf A2

Signatures: a]2(-a1) A-4S]4.