The Lady's 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;.
Mason, Mrs. Charlotte
Published by C. Whittingham, London, 1801
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Scarce early cookery book, quite comprehensive, including menus ('Bills of Fare'), somewhat vague recipes, notes on spices, brewing, preservation, various fruits & vegetables, preserving, lists of things in season each month; kitchen poisons, detecting adulteration of bread & flour; purity of water; appendix on rearing poultry, dairying & gardening. Hardcover, full tan leather, no titling. Worn & rubbed; hinges split externally but mended internally with an archival linen tape; corners bumped, head of spine chipped; name (M Weller) on title page; ink stains on a few pages. Text clean; [20], 422 + 25 page appendix, page of publisher's other books; 19 page index. Seller Inventory # n0374
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Title: The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and ...
Publisher: C. Whittingham, London
Publication Date: 1801
Binding: Full Leather
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Eighth Edition
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The Lady's 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; etc. etc. Including the Fullest and Choicest Receipts of Various Kinds; etc. etc. Likewise Directions for Brewing, etc. etc. Also, remarks for Kitchen Poisons, and Necessary Cautions Thereon. With an Appendix,. on the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of Poultry, On the Business of the Dairy, and on the Management of the Kitchen and Fruit Garden. Originally Published from the Manuscript Collection of.
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Printed by T. Gillet for Vernon and Hood a.o. London The Ninth Edition Enlarged Corrected and Improved to the Present Time. 8vo, 1805
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Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
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pp. iv, (xvi), 422, 26 Appendix, (xix) Index, (i) blank, 16 Catalogue [dated July 1, 1806]. Contemporary sheep rebacked, boards with signs of wear at corners and edges, occasional old ink scribble in the margins, contents good, a nice copy overall. Seller Inventory # 52889
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THE LADY'S 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 courses to two courses of eleven and fifteen,with bills of fare for suppers from five to nineteen dishes and several desserts Including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner.directions for brewing making English wines raspberry, orange and lemon brandies also remarks on kitchen poisons and necessary cautions thereon,.with an appendix containing general particulars on the breeding,rearing and management of poultry, on the business of the dairy and on the management of the kitchen and
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Printed by C. Whittingham, London, 1801
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Seller: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australia
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8vo .pp.422, 26 appendix +19p. index. This Edition is expanded and indexed and has many extra receipts. Full calf. boards are tree calf and the spine has been under backed with raised bands and title label. The foreword reads" It is certain that a woman never appears to greater advantage than at the head of a well regulated table,which should always be so supplied so that the unexpected visit of a friend,or even a stranger,should occasion no inconvenience or confusion.Cookery, Domestica and general Household Management at the turn of the century. Seller Inventory # 18475
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