c1936 Mrs. Beeton's Household Mangement

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

A lovely edition of this famous work, illustrated with numerous illustrations and a further thirty-two exceptionally bright full colour plates. Collated, complete.

First published in 1861, this extensive guide to managing a household was a best-selling book. By 1868, it had sold nearly two million copies, making it an extremely popular guide held as standard by many at the time. By 1907, the work spanned over two thousand pages. After her death in 1865, Beeton's guidebook continued in its popularity and saw countless edition and revision throughout the following centuries, keeping it up to date with contemporary tastes.

With numerous fascinating contemporary adverts throughout, including to both pastedowns and free endpapers, and with ten further pages of advertisements to the rear, including for such familiar items as Lea & Perrins' Sauce.

This edition dated c1936 via pagination from Jisc.