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PLATE FROM BEETON'S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGMENT (London 1861)

A page from our featured book, Beeton's Book of Household Management.
This beautiful facsimile reprint of the 1861 Bouverie Street first edition contains reproductions of all the original chromolithograph plates.

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