Author: Mrs. Isabella Beeton Title: The Book of Household Management
Description: London, S. O. Beeton, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, from the library of Penguin food editor Jill Norman. The first edition, first impression of this work, with 18 Bouverie St stated to the illustrated title page, and the first line of the errata for page 57.Illustrated with a colour illustrated title page, ten colour plates, and in-text engravings. Collated, bound without the frontispiece, and two plates.Isabella Beeton's comprehensive guide to cookery, with a wide variety of recipes, advice for the organisation of kitchens and larders, marketing, and a calendar of food in season. She also gave advice on table decorations, how to wait a table, how to set a table, and how to carve meats and fish. Some of the recipes included vary from meat, poultry, salads, tarts, cold sweets, sandwiches, bread, jams, and icing. This is an interesting look at life in a Victorian household, and the running of it.Beeton's work was originally serialised as 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine' in twenty-four monthly instalments in 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine', her husband's publication. Her work has been constantly expanded over time, and is still in print.From the library of Jill Norman, an editor and food writer, with her bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Norman began working at Penguin in the early 1960s and, as the only woman, the care of the company's cookery books fell to her. It was her responsibility to expand the cookery titles Penguin produced, and thus began to publish works by Jane Grigson, Claudia Roden, and Alan Davidson. In particular Norman worked closely with the famed cookery writer Elizabeth David, with whom she was good friends. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Front joint is starting, with a tear to the head of the rear joint. A small amount of loss to the extremities, and to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots and handling marks. Repairs to the engraved title, the first plate, and to the final leaf of text. Bound without the frontispiece, and two plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: The Book of Household Management cookery housekeeping mrs beeton cookery jill norman Not Stated
Price: GBP 495.00 = appr. US$ 706.85 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 938P39
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