The Ladies' Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table; Being a Complete System of Cookery, Containing the most Select Bills of Fare, Properly Disposed, for Family Dinners of Five Dishes to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen, with Bills of Fare for Suppers, from Five Dishes to Nineteen; and Several Deserts: Including the Fullest and Choicest Receipts of Various Kinds, and Full Directions for Preparing them in the most Approved Manner, by which a Continual Change may be Made, as Wanted, from the Several Bills of Fare. Likewise, Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines, Raspberry, Orange, and Lemon-Brandies, &c. Also, Remarks on Kitchen Poisons and Necessary Cautions Thereon. With an Appendix, Containing General Particulars on the Br

Published by London: Printed for J. Walter, 1793

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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

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[Cookery] EARLY PRINTING IN FINE LEATHER BINDING. Seventh edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[20] 484 [20] 23 [1]. Contemporary brown full calf, rebacked with new spine. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Gilt tooling to board edges. For the most part internally clean, some light spotting/soiling/marking here and there. A few ink stains to appendix and rear endpaper. Endpapers gently spotted. Boards mildly worn with sunning, scuffs, ink marks, and faint splashing. Peeling to edge of lower board. A solid preservation of an 18th century copy. 'Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion.'.

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Title
The Ladies' Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table; Being a Complete System of Cookery, Containing the most Select Bills of Fare, Properly Disposed, for Family Dinners of Five Dishes to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen, with Bills of Fare for Suppers, from Five Dishes to Nineteen; and Several Deserts: Including the Fullest and Choicest Receipts of Various Kinds, and Full Directions for Preparing them in the most Approved Manner, by which a Continual Change may be Made, as Wanted, from the Several Bills of Fare. Likewise, Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines, Raspberry, Orange, and Lemon-Brandies, &c. Also, Remarks on Kitchen Poisons and Necessary Cautions Thereon. With an Appendix, Containing General Particulars on the Br
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MASON, [Mrs] Charlotte
Publisher
London: Printed for J. Walter, 1793
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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk…

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