The Complete English Cook or Prudent Housewife
Leeds: Griffith Wright, 1773.
Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fair Condition. Item #CAT000165
ISBN: NoISBN
Full contemporary calf, worn, loss of leather at spine ends. Mild foxing internally and 5 pages with a burn hole through them, with loss of text to about a dozen recipes - apparently someone cooking a Fricasy of Pigs Feet and Ears by candlelight. iv, 5-201, 34 pages of menus, 9pp of index. Cagle 919 (for the 1767 1st ed.), Bitting 360, Oxford 96 - the latter two identifying the Second Edition as 1771.
A bevy of good seafood recipes - herring, muscles, shrimps, prawns, oysters, cockles, spats, plaice, lamprey, eels, and especially lobster. Also Sham Crab made in an old crab shell out of calf's liver, anchovy liquor and lemon juice.
Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000165.
Price: $750.00