(American) Fisher & Bros. Fisher & Brother’s House-Keeper’s Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1861.

34 pp. 1861. * Another copy. 34 pp. 1862. Together, 2 vols. Illus. with wood engravings. Pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, 1861 & 1862.

Civil War-era recipes for the kitchen and the rest of the house as well: how to cure gout, how to keep eggs, “death to the bugs,” an antidote to poison, cucumber catsup, lemon pies, green corn omelet, and yes, blackberry diarrhea cordial. You’re welcome. Dog-earing to pages, foxing, still near very good – rather remarkable survivals. 

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