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Huish (Robert). The Housewife's Manual, or Domestic Guide in the Choice, Rearing, and Management of Fowls, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Bees, with practical instructions for the breeding, fattening, and keeping of pigs and cows; judicious rules for managing the dairy and piggery in all their branches; approved methods of brewing ale and table beer ..., Derby, Thomas Richardson, n.d., c. 1840s,. 138 pp., orig. yellow chalk glazed endpapers, orig. dark brown cloth gilt with blind ruled border, very sl. rubbed with minor wear to extreme head and foot of spine, 12mo Rare. Not in Cagle. No copy traced in the U.K. Robert Huish (1777 1850) is best known for his Treatise on Bees (1815), The Improved British Angler (1838), as well as editions of the Voyages of Ross, Beechey, etc. Cagle lists one work by this author, entitled The Alphabetical Receipt Book and Domestic Advisor, of 1826. (1)
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Huish (Robert). The Housewife's Manual, or Domestic Guide in the Choice, Rearing, and Management of Fowls, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Bees, with practical instructions for the breeding, fattening, and keeping of pigs and cows; judicious rules for managing the dairy and piggery in all their branches; approved methods of brewing ale and table beer ..., Derby, Thomas Richardson, n.d., c. 1840s,. 138 pp., orig. yellow chalk glazed endpapers, orig. dark brown cloth gilt with blind ruled border, very sl. rubbed with minor wear to extreme head and foot of spine, 12mo Rare. Not in Cagle. No copy traced in the U.K. Robert Huish (1777 1850) is best known for his Treatise on Bees (1815), The Improved British Angler (1838), as well as editions of the Voyages of Ross, Beechey, etc. Cagle lists one work by this author, entitled The Alphabetical Receipt Book and Domestic Advisor, of 1826. (1)
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