Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 337
modern Babylon. To many ofthese examples the hand of time has importedan iridescent surface, which exfoliates in metallic-lustred scales. But simple translucent glass byno means exhausted the skill of the ancientglass-worker. He has left, for. the delectationof the favoured few who can afford to… … Artistic Homes. 291 many other varieties. Amongst these let us not forget to name thosecurious specimens of the work of the Lower Empire, found usually inthose subterranean Roman catacombs, where lie so many thousands ofthe first Christians. Many of the examples show the curious practiceof…
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