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The Modern Cookery, written upon the most approved and economical principles, and in which every receipt has stood the test of experience. By a Lady. Fourth edition, with considerable additions
by [Glasse, Hannah (unauthorized)]; "By a Lady
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- Hardcover
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Alfred, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Derby: Printed and published by Henry Mozley & Son, and sold by George Cowie and Co. 31, Poultry, 1827. Duodecimo (15.5 x 9.5 cm.), [3], 271, [17] pages. Index and table at rear. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page, and eight full page woodcuts, six of these being dinner settings, from five to twenty-one covers. A pirated printing of Hannah Glasse's by Mozley. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page, and eight full page woodcuts, six of these being dinner settings, from five to twenty-one covers. Publisher's original green printed boards; cracks at center and hinges, but intact. Leaves untrimmed, with deckled edges. A handwritten recipe at the top of the title page verso shows slightly on the recto. Occasional slight browning, otherwise clean and very good. [BL lists copies of two other editions, one 1820 and the other 1868; not listed in the standard bibliographies or in COPAC; Bitting, page 2 (citing a later printing, incorrectly identifies the author as Eliza Acton].
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- Bookseller
- Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6868
- Title
- The Modern Cookery, written upon the most approved and economical principles, and in which every receipt has stood the test of experience. By a Lady. Fourth edition, with considerable additions
- Author
- [Glasse, Hannah (unauthorized)]; "By a Lady
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed and published by Henry Mozley & Son, and sold by George Cowie and Co. 31, Poultry
- Place of Publication
- Derby
- Date Published
- 1827
- Keywords
- cookbook, english, cookery, pirated cookbook, english cookbook, english cookery
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
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Alfred, Maine
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- Verso
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