On October 1, 1861, the definitive book on Victorian housekeeping, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, was published. 

The book sold 60,000 copies in it’s first year of publication.

THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT;
Comprising Information for the
MISTRESS, HOUSEKEEPER, COOK, KITCHEN-MAID, BUTLER, FOOTMAN, COACHMAN, VALET, UPPER AND UNDER HOUSE-MAIDS, LADY’S-MAID, MAID-OF-ALL-WORK, LAUNDRY-MAID, NURSE AND NURSE-MAID, MONTHLY, WET, AND SICK NURSES, ETC. ETC.
ALSO, SANITARY, MEDICAL, & LEGAL MEMORANDA;
WITH A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN, PROPERTIES, AND USES OF ALL THINGS CONNECTED WITH HOME LIFE AND COMFORT.
BY MRS. ISABELLA BEETON.
Front piece from book

Great Eastern Rail, Beeton’s Book of Household Management and Prince Albert
Issued by Royal Mail in 1997 as part of their 150th Anniversary of Queen Victoria’s Accession set
Designed by Mike Dempsey

Isabella Mayson was born on 12 March 1836 in London. She was educated in Germany. In 1856, she married Samuel Beeton, a wealthy publisher and began to write articles on cooking and household management for her husband’s publications.

In 1861, the first instalment of her famous ‘The Book of Household Management’ was published. It was an immediate success, selling over 60,000 copies in its first year of publication and nearly two million by 1868. As well as recipes the book contained advice regarding household management, childcare, etiquette, entertaining and the employment of servants. It was illustrated with coloured engravings on nearly every page and was the first to format recipes in the layout still used today.
BBC – History – Mrs Beeton

If you’d like to read more about Mrs. Beeton’s book check out the page the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association has on Beeton’s tome. The History of Isabella Beeton and Her Book of Household Management | News | PBFA

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