The cook and housewife's manual : a practical system of modern domestic cookery and family management
1829, Fourth Edition. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd ; London : Simpkin & Marshall. Good copy, professionally re-cased in a binding of half calf over marble boards, with raised bands and a gilt-tooled red leather label on the spine. Lower spine somewhat damp-damaged, with some flaking around the joints and bottom raised band. The text is unaffected by this damp, having somewhat foxed preliminary and final leaves, and an otherwise notably clean text -- showing only the faint marginal foxing and dust-dulling expected of age. Remains a tight and well-preserved copy overall. Item #459367
Physical description: 552 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes: "Margaret Dods" is a pseudonym for C.I. Johnstone. Includes index. Subjects: Johnstone, C. I. (Christian Isobel), 1781-1857. Cooking, English - 19th century. Cooking, French - 19th century. Home economics - Great Britain - 19th century. Formulas, recipes, etc. - Great Britain - 19th century. Cookbooks - Great Britain - 19th century - Specimens.
Price: €325.00