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1. A compleat body of distilling, explaining the mysteries of that science: in a most easy and familiar manner : containing an exact and accurate method of making all the compound cordial-waters now in use, with a particular account of their several virtues : as also a directory consisting of all the instructions necessary for learning the distillers art : with a computation of the original cost of the several ingredients, and the profits arising in sale : adapted no less to the use of private families, that of apothecaries and distillers : in two parts

2. The family's best friend, or The whole art of cookery made plain and easy: together with a complete system of brewery ; the management of malt liquors ; the distillery of simple and compound waters, family cordials, &c ; and instructions for the cultivating of the fruit, flower, and kitchen garden ; the whole being calculated for the preservation of heath, and upon the principles of frugality ... ; the result of forty years practice and experience, together with great assistance in every branch ; embellished with cuts, for trussing fowls, game, &c ; to which is now added, Mons. Millien's famous discovery for preventing either steel, brass, or any other metal from taking rust or canker ; an infallible remedy to prevent persons from taking the small-pox, or any other epidemical disorder ; a certain cure for the bite of a mad dog ; and a variety of other choice nostrums of equal value

9. The compleat housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of seven hundred of the most approved receipts in cookery, pastry, confectionary, potting, collaring, preserving, pickles, cakes, custards, creams, preserves, conserves, syrups, jellies, made wines, cordials, distilling, brewing : with copper plates, curiously engraven, for the regular disposition or placing of the various dishes and courses : and also, bills of fare for every month in the year : to which is added, a collection of three hundred receipts of medicines, consisting of drinks, syrups, salves, ointments, &c. which, after many years of experience, have been proved to be innocent in their application, and most salutary in their use : with directions for marketing

10. The new book of cookery, or, Every woman a perfect cook: containing the greatest variety of approved receipts in all the branches of cookery and confectionary, viz. : boiling, roasting, broiling, frying, stewing, hashing, baking, fricassees, ragouts, made-dishes, soups, sauces, puddings, pies, tarts, cakes, custards, preserving, candying, drying, potting, collarding, English-wines, &c. ... : to which are added, the best instructions for marketing, and sundry modern bills of fare : also directions for clear-starching and improving beauty : likewise a collection of phisical [sic] receipts for families, &c. : the whole calculated to assist the prudent housewife and her servants, in furnishing the cheapest and most elegant set of dishes in the various departments of cookery, and to instruct ladies in many other particulars of great importance too numerous to mention in this title page