My Receipt Book: A Treasury of More Than Six Hundred Receipts in Cooking and Preserving

By A Lady

Published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1860

About this Item

Second Edition, Enlarged of this Victorian domestic cookery manual containing over six hundred recipes (?receipts?) covering soups, broths, fish, sauces, preserving, and household preparations. Compiled from private resources and personal experience.

Original publisher?s decorative cloth binding with floral frame design and gilt-lettered title to front board. A charming mid-19th century English household cookbook reflecting traditional Victorian culinary practice. Includes period ownership inscriptions (including 19th and 1963 inscriptions).

A desirable example of early domestic cookery literature.

Year: Circa 1860s (Second Edition, Enlarged; exact year not stated)

Condition: Good

Original cloth binding worn and rubbed, particularly to spine and edges; fraying at spine ends. Boards slightly marked and faded. Hinges intact but showing age-related wear. Text block generally clean with scattered foxing and occasional spotting. Some light staining and age toning. No loose pages observed. Structurally sound and complete.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1772038024414

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Receipt Book: A Treasury of More Than Six Hundred Receipts in Cooking and Preserving
• Publisher: Groombridge & Sons, London
• Publication Date: 1860
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 11W x 17H x 2D centimeters 11 centimeters width by 17 centimeters height by 2 centimeters depth
• Weight: 300 grams