THE COMPLETE CONFECTIONER, OR, THE WHOLE ART OF CONFECTIONARY, MADE EASY; And Recipes For Home Made Wines, Cordials, French and Italian Liqueurs, &c.

EIGHTH EDITION, 1819, corrected and improved by J.J. Machet a distiller and confectioner at Paris. Lacking the half-title. 12mo, approximately 180 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, complete with engraved frontispiece plus10 numbered plates of table settings, 3 folding, and The Hammer Syringe and Mould on last plate at rear, pages: xxiv, 1-261, [1] - last page blank, bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering and rules to spine and gilt date at foot, cream endpapers. Pale age toning and occasional faint spot, 1 larger pale stain affecting lower margin of page, 241 not affecting text, pale offset from frontispiece to title page, and offset and age toning to most plates, tip of 1 lower corner neatly repaired. A very good copy. See: Katherine Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, page 347; William Cagle, A Matter of Taste, pages 654-656; James M. Gabler, Wine into Words, A History and Bibliography of Wine books, page 196 No. G31070. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. …