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1799 The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding
The twelfth edition of this work.
Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and three folding plates.
Collated, all plates are present. Bound without the front endpaper.
The important cookery book of Elizabeth Raffald, a collection of about nine hundred recipes of a variety of popular and some lesser known recipes.
Containing nearly nine hundred recipes for every day use, most appearing in print for the first time. With recipes for lemon pickle, browning for all sorts of made dishes, soups, fish, confectionary, puddings and more.
Of most importance in this volume is the first known recipe for a wedding cake covered in marzipan and royal icing, as well as an early use of barbecue.
Condition
In a rebacked calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Bumping to the extremities. Light discolouration and marks to the boards. Spine label is a little worn. Evidence of former wear to the extremities prior to rebacking. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with the occasional scattered spot.
Very Good
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