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The Experienced English House-keeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies House-keepers, Cooks, etc. Wrote purely from Practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as House-keeper. Consisting of near 800 Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in Print
by RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-1781)
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Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop, for the Author, 1769. [English Cookery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] iv; 362; xii. SIGNED by the author (title page states all copies are to be signed) in black ink to p.1, complete with two folding plates showing a first and second course. Re-backed in the mid twentieth-century in light tan calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, using contemporary marbled calf boards. Cased using bright cream endpapers. Quite heavily toned to edges and title page; moderately toned throughout. Modern endpapers do not match the original paperstock. Occasional marks and spots; a clean copy overall. Light wear to original boards; corners bumped. Modern spine is perhaps a little bleached, but never matched the colour of the boards. Spine and endpaper materials could have been more carefully chosen, but still very good. An important publication in the history of English cooking, which contains the first recognisable recipe for a Wedding Cake ('Bridal Cake' p.242), as well as a 'very useful soup to be kept in Gentlemen's families' which sounds eerily like Manny's 'Tower of Soup' (Black Books S2 E4, 'Blood').
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- The Experienced English House-keeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies House-keepers, Cooks, etc. Wrote purely from Practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as House-keeper. Consisting of near 800 Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in Print
- Author
- RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-1781)
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- Used
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- Publisher
- Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop, for the Author, 1769
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About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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