Ellis (William) The country housewife's family companion: or profitable directions for whatever relates to the management and good oeconomy of the domestick concerns of a country life, first edition, engraved frontispiece of a farmyard, advertisement f. at end, water-stained, spotted, a few ownership ink stamps, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with red morocco label, chipped and creased, corners restored, covers marked, [Bitting p.143; Cagle 664; Maclean p.43; Oxford pp.79-80; Simon BG 588; Fussell II, p.11; Perkins 559], 8vo, Printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, facing St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge; and B. Collins, bookseller, at Salisbury, 1750.

⁂ Includes the making of dairy products, soups, sauces and beers and the breeding of poultry and pigs.