{"product_id":"new-arrival-isabella-beeton-the-book-of-household-management","title":"(*NEW ARRIVAL*) Isabella Beeton. The Book of Household Management:","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eComprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House-Maids, Lady's Maid, Maid-of-all-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly, Wet, and Sick Nurses, Etc. Etc. Also Sanitary, Medical, and Legal Memoranda. With a History of the Origin, Properties, and Use of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003exxxix, [1], 1,112 pp. Illus. with chromolithograph title page and 12 chromolithograph plates, as well as numerous wood engravings throughout. Period maroon calf \u0026amp; pebbled maroon cloth, gilt-lettered \u0026amp; tooled spine. First Edition. London: S.O. Beeton, 1861.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e[Isabella Beeton is remembered] for her writing on domestic matters and especially for Beeton's Book of Household Management, which in its various editions made 'Mrs Beeton' a household name in a double sense. Its success, however, also rested on its quality, especially the combination of clear structure and precise detail. Recipes, for example, were arranged alphabetically in sections, with ingredients, prices, weights, and cooking times all precisely stated. The book's style moved easily between detailed instructions and neat aphorisms. For Mrs Beeton, a people's 'way of taking their meals, as well as their way of treating women' were marks of civilization. Dining well 'implies both the will and the skill to reduce to order, and surround with idealisms and grace, the more material conditions of human existence'. That will and skill she showed in large measure.\u003c\/em\u003e\" (Dictionary of National Biography).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond issue with \"248 Strand\" on engraved title page. Rubbing to extremities of leather, front hinge starting; lacking frontis. chromolithograph illustration; occasional age spots to pages \u0026amp; a few illustrations, otherwise a very good and solid copy of the scarce first edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48512642842882,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/0463\/6790\/files\/IMG_4668_d07e82ea-0ae5-4567-a85e-1f35783a7625.jpg?v=1789601134","url":"https:\/\/omnivorebooks.myshopify.com\/products\/new-arrival-isabella-beeton-the-book-of-household-management","provider":"Omnivore Books on Food","version":"1.0","type":"link"}