Very interesting early cookery book. Includes much practical advice and detailed instructions. 7" Tall. Includes Beef, Mutton, Veal, Fish, Venison, Hare, Curries, Soups, Creams, Custards, Sauces, Pickles, Preserces, Cakes & Biscuits and much more. Also interesting sections on The Dairy, Bees, Kitchen Garden, Leather Blackings etc. Rear Board, Backstrip from spine and rear endpaper all missing. Front board has Brown Quarter cloth with blind-stamped decoration and a Brown board. Preliminary pages and main text pages up to page 17 are loose but all present. Book ends at page 464 in the appendix so there may be a page or two missing at the end. Penciled names on ffep. No other inscriptions. Some spots of foxing, mainly marginal. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall.

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Title: THE PRACTICE OF COOKERY , Adapted to the Business of Every Day Life
Author: Dalgairns, Mrs
Publisher: Robert Cadell, Edinburgh
Publication year: 1837
Condition: Fair
Binding: Quarter Cloth
Seller catalogs: Antiquarian Books, Cooking

Excalibur Books

Penzance, United Kingdom

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