Hannah Wolley: The Compleat Servant-Maid, or the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any one of these Employments, viz. Waiting-Woman, House-Keeper, Chamber-Maid, Cook-Maid, Under-Cook-Maid, Nursery-Maid, Dairy-Maid, Laundry-Maid, House-Maid, Scullery-Maid. Whereunto is added a Supplement containing the choicest Receipts and rarest Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery

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Hannah Wolley : The Compleat Servant-Maid, or the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any one of these Employments, viz. Waiting-Woman, House-Keeper, Chamber-Maid, Cook-Maid, Under-Cook-Maid, Nursery-Maid, Dairy-Maid, Laundry-Maid, House-Maid, Scullery-Maid. Whereunto is added a Supplement containing the choicest Receipts and rarest Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery

Thomas Passenger, London, c. 1691

Recent full calf, spine in six compartments of gilt-tooled bands and gilt floral motifs, red morocco label on two. , The lower left corner of the frontispiece is extended and laid down on acid-free paper for long-term preservation, title leaf is strengthened by tissue paper, some restoration to the final leaf, upper margins shaved closely; otherwise a very good example in an uncut state, plates and text are clean. , 12mo, P. frontis, title, blank, (4), 9-178, (2)., With 3 plates, including the frontispiece and two folding plates depicting the alphabet.

Hannah Wolley was known for her books on cookery, as well as for being the first woman to try to write and publish books on cooking and other things related to the upkeep of a household. Her recipes were easy to follow and more suited to everyday people.
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