The Complete Economical Cook
AND FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE; AN ENTIRELY NEW SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, CONTAINING APPROVED DIRECTIONS FOR PURCHASING, PRESERVING, AND COOKING, ALSO, PREPARING SOUPS, GRAVIES, SAUCES, MADE DISHES, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR PASTRY AND CONFECTIONERY. By MRS. MARY HOLLAND. THE SIXTEENTH EDITION. LONDON: WILLIAM TEGG AND Co., CHEAPSIDE. 1848.
12mo. 2feps. Frontispiece of 'A Housewife'. Engraved Title Page. [1] Title Page.[1] iii-xii Contents. xiii-xlviii Introduction. 4 plates of Table settings. 49-425. 426-432 Marketing Tables. 3feps. Original dark brown cloth boards with blind tooling. Spine re-bound in dark brown calf with gilt dots, raised bands, two green labels with gilt lettering. Very good copy with very light foxing and age browning to the frontis and engraved title page.
- Very little is known about Mary Holland but this seems to be a very comprehensive little book similar to, but only half the thickness of Eliza Acton's, 'Modern Cookery'.
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