Cookery book containing everything (3 Ergebnisse)

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Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce first edition of Mrs Harrison's pocket-book for house-keepers, beautifully illustrated with Bills of Fare diagrams. An excellently illustrated first edition of Mrs Sarah Harrison's Pocket-Book, published in 1733.Duodecimo.Rebound in modern panelled calf. Endpapers and blanks renewed.Illustrated with twenty, full page woodcut illustrations. Collated complete. Includes woodcut head-pieces and inital letters.Signatures run as follows: A5, B-K12, L5 (Wanting only L6). Final leaf (L6) is vanishingly scarce, with the British Library copy also lacking this leaf. ESTC collation and incomplete catch word confirms the existence of the leaf.Addressed directly to the House-Wives of Great-Britain, this small but significant work provides a fascinating early guide to popular practices in eighteenth-century cookery.Sarah Harrison was active between 1733 and 1777, little is known about the author.The excellent woodcut illustrations provide a visual representation of Bills of Fare, or full meals, configured in dishes.A vanishingly rare edition, with only four copies held institutionally (ESTC T127677). Rebound in modern panelled calf. Externally, in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Mild age toning. The odd spot or closed tear to pages and fore edge. Evidence of archival repair to dorse of title page at top corner. Lacking L6. Occasional loss to extremities, not impacting text. Evidence of worming to title page. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…