Oberrheinisches Kochbuch or Instruction for young housemothers and daughters who…
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Oberrheinisches Kochbuch

or Instruction for young housemothers and daughters who want to gain some skill in the art of cooking and preserving. In addition to an appendix of dishes for the sick. 3rd ed. Mühlhausen, Risler 1819. 400 p., 12 fol. Old leather of the twentieth century with ribbed edges and gilt edges (rubbed and damaged). - Cf. Drexel 361. Georg 1283. Horn-A. 599. - Somewhat foxed, N.a.V.

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Oberrheinisches Kochbuch

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