NAKWASKA Karolina née Potocki - Rural Manor. A work dedicated to Polish housewives, useful and people living in the city. Volume I [Poznań 1843].

Poznan 1843, In the New Bookstore. 14x21 cm, pp. (2), V, (1), 262, (2), half-leather period bookbinding. Good condition (rubbing of binding, ownership stamp, small stains of pages).

The first volume of Karolina née Potocka Nakwaska's (1798-1875) Rural Court, in which the author discusses in detail the daily life and duties of a Polish housewife. In it she focuses on the organization of the house and manor, the management of servants, as well as the care of order, hygiene and health of household members. The book also offers practical advice on animals, the kitchen, the pantry, food storage and inventory management, the organization of the household medicine cabinet, as well as keeping household accounts. Nakwaska emphasizes the role of the woman as the guardian of traditions, morals and religion, and at the same time the person responsible for the smooth functioning of the estate.

Among the chapters include: On the benefits and pleasures of rural life. On clothing for a country housewife. Description and layout of the dwelling house. Dairy, butter, cheese. Bread and baking onego. Stable, cowshed and care about domestic animals. Shelters for feed and grain for poultry. Carriage houses, carriages. Effort around hens and feeding. Rabbit house and raising rabbits. Lumberyard, firewood. About dogs, cats and other animals. Architecture of buildings and materials. Fruit garden, vegetable garden and wild walks. Servants, their choice, qualities, the lady's dealings with them. Schedule of time, arrangement of the house. Laundering of linen. Maintenance of bills, order, setting aside money. The need for a first-aid kit in the house. An inventory of books useful in the countryside. Beekeeping. Effort around midwives and raising children. Charity.