Front cover image for The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. ; also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda ; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort

The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. ; also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda ; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort

Beeton (Author), Samuel Orchart Beeton (Publisher), Cox and Wyman (Printer)
Item is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain. Originally published in 24 monthly parts between 1859 and 1861, this item is the first edition and printing in book form

Print Book, English, 1861
S.O. Beeton, 248, Strand, W.C., London, 1861