Front cover image for The English housewife : containing the inward and outward virtues which ought to be in a complete woman ; as her skill in physic, cookery, banqueting-stuff, distillation, perfumes, wool, hemp, flax, dairies, brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to a household

The English housewife : containing the inward and outward virtues which ought to be in a complete woman ; as her skill in physic, cookery, banqueting-stuff, distillation, perfumes, wool, hemp, flax, dairies, brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to a household

Gervase Markham (Author), Michael R. Best (Editor)
Print Book, English, 1994
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1994
History
lviii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780773511033, 9780773505827, 0773511032, 0773505822
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"The first edition of the English housewife was published in 1615 ..."--Introduction