The lady's companion. Containing upwards of three thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery: and those the best and the most fashionable; being four times the quantity of any book of this sort. With the receipts of Mrs. Stephens for the stone; Dr. Mead for the bite of a mad dog; the recipe [of T. Sandford and E. Gent] sent from Ireland, for the gout; Sir Hans Sloane's receipt for sore eyes; and the receipt for making tar water.

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The lady's companion. Containing upwards of three thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery: and those the best and the most fashionable; being four times the quantity of any book of this sort. With the receipts of Mrs. Stephens for the stone; Dr. Mead for the bite of a mad dog; the recipe [of T. Sandford and E. Gent] sent from Ireland, for the gout; Sir Hans Sloane's receipt for sore eyes; and the receipt for making tar water. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : J. Hodges, R. Baldwin, 1753.

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2 volumes : frontispiece illustrations ; (12mo)

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The 6th ed. /

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ESTC N19122

Notes

Copy 1 Vol. 2 Supplier/Donor: S. Gough Note: Imperfect: p. 353-362 and a folding plate (9-13) wanting. Armorial bookplate of Maxwell of Polloc, signature of Hannah Ann Maxwell (late 18th cent.) 20th cent. book label of John Fuller

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