{"product_id":"the-housekeepers-instructor-or-universal-family-cook-by-w-a-henderson-seventeenth-edition","title":"The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook by W. A. Henderson – Seventeenth Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn uncommon early nineteenth-century English cookery book: \u003cem\u003eThe Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook\u003c\/em\u003e by W. A. Henderson, here in the seventeenth edition, corrected, revised and considerably improved by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work offers a wide-ranging guide to Georgian domestic cookery, including meat, poultry, game, fish, soups, hashes, made dishes, confectionery, pickling, preserving, British wines and brewing. It also incorporates \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Art of Carving\u003c\/em\u003e, bills of fare, table decoration, marketing advice, culinary poisons, and management of the kitchen and fruit garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row, London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seventeenth edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Period leather hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Poor but substantially present. The front board is fully detached, the spine covering is largely missing, and the binding is heavily worn with scuffing, losses and rounded corners. The title page and engraved portrait remain present. Pages show age-toning, foxing, staining, edge wear and occasional tears. Sold as an original antiquarian volume requiring careful handling and offered primarily for its historical, culinary and research interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOKS WORTH KEEPING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43840871694395,"sku":"BKWK-HOUSEKEEPERS-INSTRUCTOR-17TH","price":299.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/9266\/3355\/files\/housekeepers-instructor-cover.jpg?v=1784781143","url":"https:\/\/booksworthkeeping.co.nz\/products\/the-housekeepers-instructor-or-universal-family-cook-by-w-a-henderson-seventeenth-edition","provider":"Books Worth Keeping ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}