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Dublin: W. Gilbert, 1796. Book. Good. Full-Leather. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A new Edition, with all the modern improvements. To which are added one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts: Also, the order of a bill of fare for each month, in the manner the dishes are to be placed upon the table, in the present taste. And also, fifty receipts for different articles of perfumery. With a copious index..

London: for J. Johnson [et al.], 1803. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Octavo. xl, 419, [1, blank]pp. With a copious 21-page index. Contemporary tree calf, skillfully rebacked to style (endleaves renewed), spine elaborately tooled in gilt with morocco lettering pieces. Mild wear at corners; occasional touches of light marginal foxing; clean 3-inch tear leaf b (no loss of text), else a very good copy. A New Edition of this classic English cookbook written by the costumier and writer on cookery Hannah Glasse (bap. 1708-1770). A groundbreaking aspirational work and a precursor to The Joy of Cooking, Mrs. Glasse offers in twenty-eight chapters basic instruction in preparation and techniques along with a grand panoply of recipes, including seasonal menu planning for three course meals; main courses; side dishes; sauces; soups; desserts; pickling; canning and preserves. With some notable chapters: "Directions for the Sick," "For Captains of Ships," "Receipts for Perfumery (and toiletries)." First… Read More

London: J. Rivington and Sons et al, 1788. Book. Good. Full-Leather. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contents, 409 pages plus index. Contemporary leather boards with raised bands to spine. Fold-out plate after index is torn with loss. Oxford page 76, Cagle 695-706 does not list the 1788 printing..

Alexandria : Cottom & Stewart, 1812. New Edition with Modern Improvements. Full calf. Very good. 288p +index octavo, lacking the front fly leaf and next leaf plus the last leaf in rear. The book however is complete with the text from Title page and including the index, foxed as usual. Front inner hinge cracked, otherwise a very good copy in its original full calf with original red leather label.

London: Orlando Hodgson, c1836. Brochure/Pamphlet. Good Only. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A very scarce edition of Orlando Hodgson's publication of Hannah Glasse's important cookery book, 'The Art of Cookery'. Vanishingly scarce in the original wraps. A very scarce copy of this work, with only one on Copac, held at the British Library. Many editions were copied without explicit author's consent, and it is possible that, as this edition is scarce, this was an unauthorised edition. The signatures for this work run as A6 [B6-F6] G6. Bound without the folding frontispiece that is called for from the copy on Copac held at the British Library. Collated, bound without the folding frontispiece, however all pages are present. 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy' is a prominent cookery book that became a bestseller for a century after its publication in 1747. It dominated the English speaking market, and gave the author, Hannah Glasse, much fame. The popularity of the work was international,… Read More