MURRAY, ALEXANDER
The Domestic Oracle; or a Complete System of Modern Cookery and Family Economy
London: H Fisher & Son & Co, [1826]. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 568pp, viipp. Nine engraved plates including frontis plate. The Domestic Oracle: or, A Complete system of Modern Cookery and Family Economy: containing directions for purchasing, keeping, and dressing, all kinds of butcher's meat, fish, poultry, and game ... To the whole are added, hints to masters, and instructions to servants; observations calculate to diminish expense, and to promote comfort in housekeeping; monitions for the preserving of health; and a copious collection of receipts, for family purposes and occasional circumstances.. Worn condition. Covers heavily rubbed and edge-worn. External hinges split - fragile but holding. Loss to upper edge of spine. Previous owner's book plate to front pastedown. Contents tight .
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Keywords: Early Cook Book