The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c by Raffald, Elizabeth - 1788

Osbourne & T. Griffin, London. 1798. A new edition. 12mo, 398pp, engraved portrait frontis & 2 folding b/w engraved illus (2nd plate with approx. 1/3 lacking). A good hardback copy rebound in green cloth (no titles) with pages trimmed tightly. Spine is browned & boards yellowed along edges. . A new edition to which are inserted some celebrated receipts by other modern authors.

London, Published by all the Booksellers and R. & W. Dean, 1807, 8° (cm. 20,5 x 12) piena pelle coeva, dorso rifatto con maestria, a cinque nervi, con tassello, titoli in oro, e impressioni a secco nei compartimenti, pp. VIII-344 con un ritratto inciso in rame in antiporta e tre tavole incise ripiegate. La prima edizione di quest'opera famosa fu pubblicata a Manchester nel 1769, dove l'A. aveva aperto una scuola di cucina nel suo negozio di dolciumi. Con Hanna Glasse, la Raffald è indubbiamente la più celebre scrittrice inglese di cucina del XVIII secolo, e il suo libro ebbe oltre venti edizioni. La sua carriera lunga e varia iniziò come governante per oltre quindici anni presso Lady Elizabeth Warburton, alla quale il libro è dedicato. Il 1764 segna l'apertura della sua scuola e del suo negozio di dolciumi, mentre nel 1769 rilevò la licenza del Bull's Head nella piazza del mercato di Manchester. Successivamente passò al King's Head a Salford. Entrambe furono famose locande. Fondò anche un… Read More

London: T.Wilson and R. Spence, 1808. vii, [i]. 397pp Frontis. portrait of Raffald, folding plate of 3 fire-stoves for a kitchen and 2 folding plates of place settings. A complete copy. Printed by T.Wilson and R. Spence, York. Original plain full calf with a rubbed gilt spine title. Generally a sound copy with the usual foxing. Original red/blue marbled end-papers. 'Consisting of several Hundred Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in print.........A New edition, in which are inserted some celebrated Receipts by other Modern Authors'. A nice copy of the scarce York printing in original unrestored edition. THE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Writte Purely from Practice; dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper. SOLD AS COMPLETE. New Ediiton. hard Back. V.g.. 8vo.

James Webster, 1818-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1818 James Webster binding copy in leather. Text block intact but boards barely attached and spine only half present. Folding plates torn. Please email for photos.

London: R. Baldwin, 1782. Seventh edition. 3 folding plates (stove and 2 place-settings), with the author's signature on p. 1. [iv], [iv], 412, [14, index], [2, publisher's catalogue] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked. Seventh edition. 3 folding plates (stove and 2 place-settings), with the author's signature on p. 1. [iv], [iv], 412, [14, index], [2, publisher's catalogue] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. The celebrated 18th-century cook book in its seventh edition. Elizabeth Raffald first published her Experienced English Housekeeper book in 1769. Raffald spent fifteen years in domestic service, married, and became an entrepreneur, starting an employment agency in Manchester, where she introduced domestic workers and employers. She taught cooking as well, and introduced the "Bride Cake" and the "Eccles cake." The signature in this edition is original: beginning with the Eighth Edition, it was a facsimile. ESTC T82675 (4 copies); Cagle 947; Maclean, p. 123; Bitting, p. 387