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Title: Cassell&Apos;S Household Guide to Every Department of Practical Life : Being a Complete Encyclopaedia of Domestic and Social Economy
Description: London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, c1880. Leather. A beautifully illustrated Victorian guide to housekeeping complete in four volumes in two uniform bindings. New ad revised edition. An extensive domestic encyclopaedia from Cassell Petter & Galpin, four volumes bound in two as issued; each with unique title page and index. Bound in uniform half calf. New edition dated via Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Illustrated with numerous charming woodcuts and eight beautiful full page chromolithographic plates.  Rebound in half calf over cloth covered boards, titles in gilt to morocco spine labels. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, light rubbing to boards and back strip, boards lightly marked. Previous ownership ink inscription to title page vol I, undated. Internally, firmly bound. Odd minor light spotting to occasional leaf, pages otherwise bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: cassell household housekeeping illustrated household Not Stated


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