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Managing housekeeping costs in early 19th-century Netherlands

[DOUARIAIRE VAN ATHLONE, geb. VAN TUYL VAN SEROOSKERKEN].
Voor de huishouding, ten nutte van alle standen, en van al de geenen, die voor de orde zyn, om eene gemaklyke en naauwkeurige rekening van de kosten hunner huidhouding te houden, door berekenings-tafelen te zamen gesteld; en op de ondervinding gestaafd.






The Hague, Pieter van Daalen-Wetters, 1804. (= The Hague, G. Bakhuysen, 1815). Small folio. Original blue paper wrappers. (52) pp.

Second edition, with the title of the first edition, of this very rare book-keeping manual for housekeeping account. The first edition was published in 1804 by Pieter van Daalen-Wetters. The information on page 3 (page 2 is the preface) mentions that this is a second edition of this work with additional material, printed in 1815 by G. Bakhuysen in The Hague. Detailed sample forms are given to calculate expenses in household management, journal entries for general household expenses, and weekly account.
The work contains several tables such as Memorandum, Modellen van lysten voor de huishoudster, Lijst van uitgaaven, Model van eene lyst voor ingekomen rekeningen, Taxatie voor de kosten van het ontbyt en middag thee, Taxatie voor het middag- en avond-eeten. Furthermore a pricelist of products which can be used in the household, such as bread, meat, fish, spices, butter, wine (Tarief van producten welke in het huishouden gebruikt worden) and one which mentions the expenses made for two coach-horses for 6 months of maintenance (De onkosten voor twee koetspaarden, bedragende voor 6 maanden onderhoud).

Fine uncut copy.- (A few lvs. sl. loosening).

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  Gastronomy  Manuals 

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