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Title: The Young Lady&Apos;S Companion in Cookery, and Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &C.
Description: London, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; J. Hazard; W. Bickerton and C. Corbett; R. Willock, 1734 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally scarce first edition of this eighteenth-century cookery work, 'The Lady's Companion' presents a comprehensive and popular guide to the kitchen, smartly bound here in half morocco. The first and only edition of the work. Vanishingly scarce. Bound in half morocco with paper-covered boards. 'The Young Lady's Companion' is a highly celebrated and sought-after cookery guide, containing recipes collected by a gentlewoman who formerly kept a boarding school. In this work, the author has compiled tips and recipes given to her by friends, presented in a familiar and straightforward manner.A comprehensive guide to the kitchen, with "the newest and best receipts for making all sorts of broths, gravies, soups, ragoo's, hashes, &c. Dressing several sorts of meats, collering, potting and making force-meats. &c. Also making of cakes, creams, jellies, marmalades, tarts, puddings, pies, pasties, biscuits, custards &c. Likewise preserving and candying angelico, apples, cherries, currants, figs, gooseberries, grapes, oranges, peaches, nectarines, &c. violets, roses, Cowslips and other flowers, And the best method of pickling melons, cucumbers, barberries, mushrooms, purslane, &c.". Collated, complete, with the signature A1-S6. Original blanks have been retained, with two l. Title page has also been laid down . Ink inscription of M. Matthews to the front endpaper. Bound in half morocco with paper-covered boards. With new endpapers. Original front and rear blanks and rear endpaper have been laid down. Original front endpaper has been discarded. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear only. Ink title noted to spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age toned, with the odd light mark. Endpapers and title page have been smartly rebacked. P1-Q1 have faint tide marks to the page extremities. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: young lady's companion cookery guide kitchen cookery None
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Title: The Young Lady&Apos;S Companion in Cookery, and Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &C.
Description: London, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; J. Hazard; W. Bickerton and C. Corbett; R. Willock, 1734 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally scarce first edition of this eighteenth-century cookery work, 'The Lady's Companion' presents a comprehensive and popular guide to the kitchen, smartly bound here in half morocco. The first and only edition of the work. Vanishingly scarce. Bound in half morocco with paper-covered boards. 'The Young Lady's Companion' is a highly celebrated and sought-after cookery guide, containing recipes collected by a gentlewoman who formerly kept a boarding school. In this work, the author has compiled tips and recipes given to her by friends, presented in a familiar and straightforward manner.A comprehensive guide to the kitchen, with "the newest and best receipts for making all sorts of broths, gravies, soups, ragoo's, hashes, &c. Dressing several sorts of meats, collering, potting and making force-meats. &c. Also making of cakes, creams, jellies, marmalades, tarts, puddings, pies, pasties, biscuits, custards &c. Likewise preserving and candying angelico, apples, cherries, currants, figs, gooseberries, grapes, oranges, peaches, nectarines, &c. violets, roses, Cowslips and other flowers, And the best method of pickling melons, cucumbers, barberries, mushrooms, purslane, &c.". Collated, complete, with the signature A1-S6. Original blanks have been retained, with two l. Title page has also been laid down . Ink inscription of M. Matthews to the front endpaper. Bound in half morocco with paper-covered boards. With new endpapers. Original front and rear blanks and rear endpaper have been laid down. Original front endpaper has been discarded. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear only. Ink title noted to spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age toned, with the odd light mark. Endpapers and title page have been smartly rebacked. P1-Q1 have faint tide marks to the page extremities. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: young lady's companion cookery guide kitchen cookery None
Price: GBP 4950.00 = appr. US$ 7068.53 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 954Q5
- Book number: 954Q5
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