Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual containing receipts for cookery and directions for carving...with a complete system of cookery for catholic families...adapted to the American public by a medical gentleman...from the last London Edition, The.
by Kitchiner, William M.D 1775(?)-1827
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- Hardcover
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: J. and J. Harper, 1830. Illustrated by 12 carving figures (text cuts). [7th Revised] as Harper's Stereotype edition. c.1817 London as Apicus Redivivus or the Cook's Oracle. Brown calf, gilt and black stamped dentelle border to both boards and to spine bands with gilt stamped title, blue eps. 16mo. pp. [ii], xii, [3], 16-432, [ii]. Index. About Very Good. Copy of Samuel R[awson] Gardiner (1829-1902) with pencil signature ffep. Rubbing and edgewear to binding, light foxing throughout, one section shaken, pages buckle shut..
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- OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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- Title
- Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual containing receipts for cookery and directions for carving...with a complete system of cookery for catholic families...adapted to the American public by a medical gentleman...from the last London Edition, The.
- Author
- Kitchiner, William M.D 1775(?)-1827
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: J. and J. Harper, 1830.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery, Gastronomy & Domestic Arts;
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About the Seller
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
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- Dentelle
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- Shaken
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- Gilt
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