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The house-keeper's guide, in the prudent management of their affairs
By HOUSE-KEEPER
subjects: household management,
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The house-keeper's guide, in the prudent management of their affairs, being several observations relating to the orderly and discreet government of private families, grounded upon reason, experience, and the Word of God. etc.1
London: printed for A. Bosvile 1706
264 p. frontis
US: DFo MH PU
1. The preface is signed 'C. R.'
2. Oxford states: 'The book is purely devotional, and is entered here as a warning to collectors who may see the title in a catalogueÓ; and then goes on to quote from 'A Servants Prayer', which is self-demeaning in the extreme.Oxford, pp. 50-1