Talk:Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management

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I would question "selling 60,000 copies in its first year", as the first year was 1861, and I have an 1863 copy with '50th Thousand' on the title page (and have a photo of this).Bruffik (talk) 00:48, 15 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

The claim is longstanding (2001, 2014) and reliably sourced. Of course it could be mistaken, but so could your copy: the printer might have been careless (it often happened), and the book may have been plagiarized, which often happened in that period also. Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:31, 15 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Indeed, if it sold 60,000 in its first year, there must be copies marked 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, and 60th thousands ... Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:25, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply