The female instructor, or, Young woman's friend and companion
Subtitle: being a guide to all the accomplishments which adorn the female character, either as a useful member of society, a pleasing companion, or a respectable mother of a family : containing many pleasing examples of illustrious females, to which are added, a select system of cookery, the art of preserving and pickling, brewing, making wines, family recipes, the management of poultry, dyeing &c. and directions to servants of every description
Publisher: Printed at the Caxton Press by Henry Fisher
Published: 1822
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
Subjects: Women; Conduct of life; Formulas, recipes; English Cooking; Home economics
Other titles: Female instructor; Young woman's friend and companion; Female instructor, or, Young woman's companion
Description: Everything a respectable young woman would want or need to know, from religious instruction to marketing to dealing with servants. The earliest issue of this comprehensive vade mecum appeared in 1812, and it continued to be reissued well into the 1830s.
Notes: Includes index.

Date from added engr. t.p.

Simon, A.L. Bib. gastronomica, 668

From the American Institute of Wine & Food Collection.

Bookplate of Eleanor Lowenstein.

Autograph on front pastedown obscured by Lowenstein's bookplate.

Contemporary calf, covers, free endpapers and p. 559-560 detached.