[HOUSEKEEPING]. Nine Domestic Housekeeping Manuals. [V.p., 1736-1942]. Including:

BAILEY, N. Dictionarium Domesticum. London: C. Hitch, 1736.

MERLE, Gibbons. The Domestic Dictionary. London: Strange, 1842.

The New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book. Worcester: A. Howland, 1847.

The Pilgrim Housekeeper: A Collection of Tried Recipes Contributed by the Ladies of Pilgrim Church, St. Louis. St. Louis: R. P. Studley & Co, 1886.

The English Hous-Wife. Connecticut: Herb Lovers Book Club, 1942.

HARLAND, Marion. Common Sense in the Household. New York: Scribner's, 1912.

MORSE, Sidney. Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book. New York: Success Company, 1914.

ST. JEAN, Guillaume. Standard Handbook of Household Economy. Philadelphia: Desilver, 1865. 

The Female Instructor; or Young Woman's Companion, Being a Guide to all the Accomplishments which adorn the Female Character...London: Caxton Press, [ca.1818].

All 8vo except Household Discoveries which is 4to. Most original bindings, some with repairs; Dictionarium Domesticum which has been rebound. VARIOUS EDITIONS. 

Generally rubbed, soiled; ownership markings, scuffs, toning, tears. Loose joints. Dictionarium Domesticum rebound in three-quarter leather with gilt stamped spine. Good.