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An encyclopaedia of domestic economy : comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with housekeeping : as, the construction of domestic edifices, with the modes of warming, ventilating, and lighting them : a description of the various articles of furniture : a general account of the animal and vegetable substances used as food ... / by Thomas Webster ; assisted by Mrs. Parkes ; with notes and improvements by D. Meredith Reese.

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-147317

Description

1238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Home economics Encyclopedias.

Originator

Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844.
Parkes, William, Mrs.
Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861.

Publication

New York : Harper

Description

1238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Call Number

Stacks TX145.W43 1845

Edition

From the last London ed.

Variant Title

Encyclopedia of domestic economy

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