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Devon, England: Prospect Books, 1983. Quarto (30.5 x 21.5 cm.), 218 pages. Glossary. Index. List of subscribers. FIRST EDITION thus; the Prospect Books facsimile of the original 1747 edition. The Art of Cookery was the most successful and influential English cookbook of the eighteenth century. Hannah Glasse (1708-1770) was the wife of an attorney and the mother of eight children, and she published the first edition of her Art of Cookery -- a work she boasted "far exceeds any Thing of the Kind ever yet published" -- in 1747. It went through eight editions in her lifetime and was not supplanted as a culinary authority until the work of Isabella Beeton appeared in 1861. Oberlé notes that the author "Severely condemns the extravagance of French cooking. "Near fine in gray cloth. No dust jacket as issued (later printings were issued in jacket).
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First Catch Your Hare... The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy
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The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which Far Exceeds any Thing of the Kind Yet Published.
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London: A. Millar, J. & R. Tonson etc, 1763 Eighth edition. Hardcover book . Full leather, plain with no title panel, two gilt ruled border lines to main boards. vi, 384pp plus index; octavo. Includes Appendix with new recipes. A book intended for the improvement of the cooking skills of servants. Fair only condition overall. The spine has split so the book is in two sections, the front board is almost detached, and the covers are very worn and abraded. The pages are generally clean, some are tanned, and there are various usage marks ; the first 100 or so have a brown stain to the lower margins; the closed edges are browned;there are no prelims before the title page , The book starts with the title page. Pictures available.
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The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which Far Exceeds Any Thing of the Kind Ever Yet Published
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London: Hannah Glasse. Very Good. 1755. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Hinges are showing small cracks at the ends. Contents are fine, with the exception of a recipe for gooseberry vinegar pinned to one page. What a great read! ; 8"; 334 pages .
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THE ART OF COOKERY MADE PLAIN AND EASY. Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet published.; BY A LADY
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Printed for A Millar, London,1763. 8vo.pp.xxxii + 384,24p.index.small section missing at the foot of the page in the contents. Full calf, raised bands.Very Good.This is the eighth edition. Glasses book was frequently attributed to Ben Johnson.She was a real person lived in Bloomsbury,London," I only hope my book will answer and meet the ends I intend it for which is to improve the servants and save the ladies a great deal of trouble
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