The book best known as "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book", is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first published as a book in 1861. Previously published in parts, it initially and briefly bore the title "Beeton's Book of Household Management", as one of the series of guide-books published by her husband, Samuel Beeton. The recipes were highly structured, in contrast to those in earlier cookbooks. It was illustrated with many monochrome and colour plates.