The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table : Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange and lemon-brandies, &c. Also remarks on kitchen-poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion.
| Author/creator | Mason, Charlotte |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Sixth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for J. Walter, at Homer's-Head, Charing-Cross, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787] |
| Description | 20 unnumbered pages, 484, 20 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table |
| General note | Half-title: Mrs. Mason's cookery, or The Ladies' assistant. |
| General note | First published in 1773 as 'The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table'. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, N19313. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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