The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. by Glasse, Hannah - 1763: Rare example of an early facsimile signature.

Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy…London: Printed for A. Millar, etc. 1763. 8th edition. Rare example of an early facsimile signature, first page, chapter 1 heading. Title, 1 leaf + To the Reader, pp. vi + Contents, 12 leaves + 384 + Index, 12 leaves. Contemporary full calf, front cover and title page loose--a binding copy.

Hannah Glasse (née Allgood; March 1708 – 1 September 1770) was an English cookery writer of the 18th century. Her first cookery book, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, published in 1747, became the best-selling recipe book that century.