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1. A new and valuable book, entitled the Family companion: containing many hundred rare and useful receipts, on every branch of domestic economy : embracing cookery, the cure of diseases, the properties and use of the principal plants as medicine, housewifery, dying, coloring, cleaning, purifying, cementing, &c

Author(s):

Wells, J. R.

Publication:

Boston : Printed for the author, 1846

Subject(s):

Therapeutics
Cooking
Household Work

2. MacKenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts: constituting a complete practical library ... : a new American, from the latest London edition : with numerous and important additions generally : and the medical part carefully revised and adapted to the climate of the U. States : and also a new and most copious index

Author(s):

Mackenzie, Colin, 1775?-1827

Publication:

[Philadelphia] : Published by James Kay, Jun. and Brother, Philadelphia ... ; [Pittsburgh] : John I. Kay & Co., Pittsburgh, [1829]

Subject(s):

Agriculture
Cooking
Household Work
Pharmaceutical Preparations

3. The new household receipt-book: containing maxims, directions, and specifics for promoting health, comfort, and improvement in the home of the people : compiled from the best authorities, with many receipts never before collected

Author(s):

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879

Publication:

New York : Long, 1853

Subject(s):

Medicine
Cooking
Household Work

4. The household guide, or, Domestic cyclopedia: a practical family physician, home remedies and home treatment on all diseases, an instructor on nursing, housekeeping, and home adornments

Author(s):

Jefferis, B. G. (Benjamin Grant), 1851-

Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Nichols, 1898

Subject(s):

Medicine
Cooking
Household Work

5. The mother's guide and daughter's friend: a compendium of valuable information for women : embracing sexual physiology, sexual hygiene, housekeeping and home-making, care and culture of children, description and hints on home treatment of the most common diseases of women and children, what to do until the doctor comes, occupations suitable for women, domestic economy, etc., etc

Author(s):

Lind, G. Dallas (George Dallas), 1847-

Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Webster, 1886

Subject(s):

Women's Health
Household Work
Hygiene
Marriage

6. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V]

Author(s):

Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)

Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]

Subject(s):

Technology
Household Work
Medicine

7. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V] (Volume 1)

Author(s):

Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)

Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]

Subject(s):

Technology
Household Work
Medicine

8. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V] (Volume 2)

Author(s):

Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)

Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]

Subject(s):

Technology
Household Work
Medicine

9. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V] (Volume 3)

Author(s):

Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)

Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]

Subject(s):

Technology
Household Work
Medicine

10. The helping hand: containing a great number of valuable receipts on medical, agricultural, culinary, and miscellaneous subjects : and for cooking well at a trifling cost, making hair restoratives, toilet soaps, dyes, all kinds of cements, hair dyes, domestic wines, coloring, scouring clothes, and hundreds of other receipts for use in every position of life

Author(s):

Somerset, Phil.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Barclay & Co., [c1872]

Subject(s):

Medicine
Cooking
Household Work