THE HAND-BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE.; A popular account of heat, light, air, aliment, and cleansing, in their scientific principles and domestic applications
1859 · NY
by YOUMANS, Edward L.
NY: Appleton, 1859. 8vo, pp. 449 plus two pp. testimonials. Index. In-text drawings, diagrams and engravings. Original quarter-bound in black cloth and calf spine with gilt titles. Ex library with bookplate. Marbled endpapers and edges. Cover rubbed and lightly bumped, occasional foxing, o/w a VG tight copy.Cagle 599. Wheaton & Kelly 6655. Not in Bitting or Brown. A scholarly and scientific approach to household matters--heat, light, air, and aliment. (Inventory #: 44857)