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The butler : his duties, and how to perform them
Record number:
14266
Call No:
RB 640 BUT
Series Part:
; no. 4
Series:
Houlston's industrial library
Subject:
Domestics - Great Britain - Handbooks, manuals, etc. ;
Home economics - Great Britain - Handbooks, manuals, etc. ;
Servants - Great Britain. ;
Butlers - Handbooks, manuals, etc. ;
Wine and wine making. ;
Brewing. ;
Table service - Handbooks, manuals, etc. ;
Table setting and decoration - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes:
Contents: The situation or office of butler -- Duties of a butler, description of -- The management of wine -- Brewing beer -- The duties of the table.
Year:
[183?]
Publication details:
London : Houlston and Sons
Description:
108 pages : illustrations (frontispiece) ; 17 cm.
Type:
monograph
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