The female instructor, or, Young woman’s companion:being a guide to all the accomplishment

The female instructor, or, Young woman’s companion:being a guide to all the accomplishments which adorn the female character, either as a useful member of society, a pleasing and instructive companion, or a respectable mother of a family. With many pleasing examples of illustrious females. To which are added, useful medicinal receipts, and a concise system of cookery, with other valuable information in the different branches of domestic economy.Liverpool Printed by Nuttall, Fisher and Dixon c1811-14 Stereotype Edition [A second edition was published in 1814]560 pages, measures 135mm x 208mmThis is an ambitious work, dealing with a wide variety of material, including advice to married women, arts, sciences, brewing, extermination of pests, conversation, cures for a variety of ailments (coughs, rheumatism, earaches, inflamed eyes, scurvy, etc.), preparing for death, domestic economy, the making of ink, instructions to the laundrymaid, old age, reading and writing, the preparation of various dishes, love and courtship, parental duties, pious reflections, observations for servants, weaning children, how to clean windows, short biographies of several notable ladies, and many others. The plates [several damaged] depict a variety of subjects ranging from the execution of Lady Jane Grey to the proper table settings for meals and desserts.A fascinating period work - pages 430-560 cover the Art of Cookery & & with a large selection of recipes including wines cakes etc -- source link

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