Carter, Susannah - The Frugal Housewife, or the Complete Woman Cook

London, Printed for E. Newbery. Full Leather. no date, perhaps circa 1795-1800. Stated revised edition. Full calf leather. 12, 180, 10 pp. Two illustrated plates, one in text, one at the front, with 10 illustrated plates at the end depicting table arrangements. A cookbook with a variety of recipes, and a section on making English wine. The Frugal Housewife was an influential work, despite the obscurity of the author. It went through many editions, and inspired the first American cookbook, American Cookery. POOR condition. Both covers and spine DETACHED from the text block, with each cover also detached from each other. One plate loose and laid in at the front. Heavy scuffing, gouging and edgewear to the covers, with heavy flaking, chipping and loss to the spine. Any front or rear blank endpapers MISSING. Text collated and complete. General browning to the paper, with minor scattered soiling. A few pages with small chips torn from their center margins. Poor .

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