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In 1772 Manchester was a fast growing town thanks to the rise in
industrialisation. Elizabeth Raffald ran a shop, a cookery school,
a coaching inn, a servant's employment register, wrote a cookbook
and supported the local newspaper financially, wrote a manuscript
on midwifery and so much more. She was innovative so it was only
logical that she would be the first with the innovation of a
directory of traders and notable people, and only 3 years after
producing her cookbook she had compiled a 60 page guide to the
locations and trades of many residents, a year later increasing it
to 78 pages as the town grew and addresses were improved. She
produced a third directory in 1781 after placing advertisements in
the Manchester Mercury for people wishing to be included. After she
died in 1781 it took another 7 years before anyone else attempted
another directory. Elizabeth Raffald was truly a pioneer of her
time. For more about Elizabeth see 'The Experienced English
Housekeeper of Manchester' by Suze Appleton.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The
eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity
followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and
Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style
dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments
in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture,
architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional
works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic
operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT082674With an
index and a final advertisement leaf. Signed in MS. on p. 1]: Eliz.
Raffald.London: printed for R. Baldwin, 1782. 4], iii, 1],384,
16]p., plates: port.; 8
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and
practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the
extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases,
their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology,
agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even
cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT082678The
last xi p. contains the index.Manchester: printed by J. Harrop, for
the author, and sold by Messrs. Fletcher and Anderson, London; and
by Eliz. Raffald, Confectioner, Manchester, 1769. 4], iii, 1],362,
xi, 1]p., fold plates; 8
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