Home Economics.
A Guide to Household Management Including the Proper Treatment of the Materials Entering into the Construction and Furnishing of the House.
New York: The Century Co., 1898 Stock Code: 120633
First edition, first printing. Parloa's eighth book covers a range of topics ranging from the maintenance of pantries to the digestive system. Parloa was a "pioneer in home economics education", sometimes described as a founder of the discipline, and was arguably America's first celebrity cook (ANB). Her first work, The Appledore Cook Book, was published in 1872. She gave her first public lecture on cookery in the summer of 1876 in New London, Connecticut, and in the spring of 1877 she gave several popular lectures in Boston, opening a cooking school there the following autumn.
Description
Octavo. Original red cloth, decorative black and gold panelstamp to front cover, gilt lettering and black and gilt decoration to spine.
Illustrations
Woodcuts in text.
Condition
Ownership inscription of Alice M. King of the Bread Institute, dated 5 February 1904, to the front free endpaper. Corners lightly rubbed, clean, fresh contents. A remarkably bright, near-fine copy.
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