COOKERY and CONFECTIOARY.
LONDON: PRINTED BY B. BENSLEY AND R. MARSHALL,
1824. First Edition. 150 x 110. 1fep. Frontispiece.[1 ] Title page.[1] (1)iv - viii. (1)x - xxiii. Index[1]. 14 finely etched Plates. (each verso blank) 1 -209. 210 - 213[1] Seasonal menus. 1fep. Half dark-brown calf - spine and tips. Raised bands with gilt tooling and lines. Red label. Marbled boards. Very good condition.
- A small octavo. An interesting book, obviously written by a professional chef/cook, who warns the reader in the preface to follow the recipes implicitly. The preface dated at Brighton 1824. Oxford states that the frotis is drawn by the author and also a couple of the plates. One of the first cookery books to give cooking times. Not in Cagle.
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