Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery has 'Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Collated, complete, containing numerous monochromatic vignettes, monochromatic 'full-page illustrations' and twelve coloured plates. Featuring contemporary advertisements to the front and rear of the text. Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson) universally known as Mrs Beeton, is one of the most famous cookery writers from the Victorian period, and the author of 'Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management', an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain. This copy contains a collection of two thousand practical recipes, arranged in alphabetical order and containing sections on: Labour-saving Household work Servants' duties Laundry work Marketing Renovations Carving and trussing The art of "using up" Table decorations Table napkins Meals and menus Beverages, and more. Author Beeton Mrs. (Isabella Mary) 1836-1865.' (https://www.rookebooks.com/c1930-mrs-beeton-s-all-about-cookery-new-edition-colour-illustrated-publisher-s-advertisements)