DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT; OR, THE HEALTHFUL COOKERY-BOOK.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A TREATISE ON DIET, AS THE SUREST MEANS TO PRESERVE HEALTH, LONG LIFE, &C. WITH MANY VALUABLE OBSERVATIONS ON THE NUTRITIOUS AND BENIFICIAL., AS WELL AS THE AS THE WELL AS THE INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF VARIOUS KINDS OF FOOD; ALSO REMARKS ON THE WHOLESOME AND PERNICIOUS MODES OF COOKERY, INTENDED AS AN ANTIDOTE TO MODERN ERRORS THEREIN. To which is added, A METHOS OF TREATING SUCH TRIFLING MEDICAL CASES AS PROPERLY COME WITHIN THE SPHERE OF DONESTIC MANAGEMENT. BY A LADY. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. (short thin-thick rule) LONDON: PRINTED FOR B. CROSBY STATIONERS COURT, PATERNOSTER-ROW. AND SOLD BY EVERY BOOKSELLER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Prica 5s. boards. (short thin-thick rule) 1810. J.G. Bernard, Printer, Skinner-street, London.
FIRST EDITION. 181 x 113mm. 1 new fep. & 1 original fep with ink inscriptions. Title page in fine facsimile. (image #2 below) [1] 1p Advertisement. [1] (1)vi-xxiv Introduction & Observations on cooking utensils & Diet. (1)2-355. [1] 22 pages Index - the last six leaves in fine facsimile. 2 pages Advertisements in facsimile. 1fep. [1]. Quarter modern dark calf with marbled boards with calf tips to boards. Raised bands with gilt lines & one red labels with gilt lettering. A nice copy of the very scarce first edition.
- Annabella Plumtree was the daughter of Robert Plumptree (1723–1788) who was an English churchman and academic and President of Queens' College, Cambridge from 1760. Annabella had a sister; the author Anne Plumptree and a brother; the dramatist James Plumptree. Annabella’s book is a treatise on diet with many paragraphs called ‘Observations’ after recipes. These observations give healthful hints and advice, particularly for children. A thoughtful and unusual cookery book. Even with the fine facsimiles pages this is a very scarce book. Cagle has the second edition of 1813. Axford, Bitting, Oxfrod and Vicaire all record the first edition. There is some dispute about the spelling of Plumtree's name. The NUC cite it as 'Plumtre'.
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