Housekeeper's Receipt Book -- Advertising Family Medicines to Homemakers

New York, New York: The Centaur Company, 1880. Good. Toned with minor dust soiling, one or two spots and short tears. Water staining.. A Housekeeper's Receipt Book for the year 1880, published for homemakers by The Centaur Company, producer of family medicines. Includes: calendars for the years 1880 and 1881; dozens of recipes ranging from soups and sauces to croquettes and pates; tips for curing common ailments, including "female ailments"; testimonials from happy customers of Centaur products. Includes an exoticized image of a man on a camel against a generic Oriental background on upper wrapper.

12mo (6.5" by 4"), 32 pp., illustrated, stapled in original illustrated wrappers.