The Complete Housekeeper's Assistant; or, Modern System of Economical Cookery, on a Familiar Plan: particularly adapted to the finances of what is termed the Middle Class of Society

No author given (Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby)

Verlag: J. Charles, Printer, Dublin, 1812

Beschreibung

Printed paper covered boards rebacked in cloth, with replacement endpapers. Xxxviii, 19-276 pp. With two illustrated plates. Presumed Irish edition of the popular English cookbook "A New System of Domestic Cookery," written by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell, and originally published in 1805. The book contains advice on shopping for food, as well recipes and tips for preparing meat, pork, poultry, fish, etc., as well as preserving items, pies, and cooking for the sick. FAIR condition. Book rebacked at some point, preserving the original paper pastedowns on the covers. These are very heavily worn, with chipping, loss, scuffing, fading, soiling and some staining. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Extensive, but faint, pink dampstaining to the pages up to page 21 (decreasing in size nearer to page 21). Uneven toning throughout. Minor scattered soiling and staining. Lower corner of the first plate torn off; partial upper margin of the title page torn off; lower corner, with loss of text, torn off on leaf 29/30. Several owner's signatures and stamps present. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 019168

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Complete Housekeeper's Assistant; or, ...

Verlag: J. Charles, Printer, Dublin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1812

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: Fair