A New System of Domestic Cookery Formed upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families

A Lady [Maria Rundell]

Published by Milner and Company, London, 1860

About this Item

A new edition of this largely popular and influential English cookery book by Maria Rundell, with plates. A new edition of Maria Rundell's popular nineteenth century cookery book.Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Deemed by many as the most famous cookery book of its time, it ran to over 67 editions, with explanations of economic techniques, how to carve, season, stew, how to choose and use steam-kettles, and more, all prior to the recipes themselves.No reference copy available for collation. This copy is seemingly complete with a coloured frontispiece and nine plates of engravings.From the library of Jill Norman, an editor and food writer. Norman began working at Penguin in the early 1960s and, as the only woman, the care of the company's cookery books fell to her. It was her responsibility to expand the cookery titles Penguin produced, and thus began to publish works by Jane Grigson, Claudia Roden, and Alan Davidson. In particular Norman worked closely with the famed cookery writer Elizabeth David, with whom she was good friends. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Hinges are tender. Internally, firmly bound. With amateur reinforcements to the front free endpapers. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Bookplate of Jill Norman to the front free endpaper. Good.

Seller Inventory # 937Y27

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A New System of Domestic Cookery Formed upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families
• Publisher: Milner and Company, London
• Publication Date: 1860
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book