5,000 Recetas de Artes, Oficios, Ciencias y de Familia (Arte de Hacer Fortuna)
Mexico: Aguilar e Hijos, 1889.
First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #CAT000903
Full contemporary calf, blindstamped, pastepaper endpapers, old bookplates to free endpaper and pastedowns, old shelf labels to spines. A bit of wear and soiling to title pages, final pages with marginal browning, generally fine otherwise. 1933 notice of disinfection to rear pastedown of vol 4. 384pp; 447pp; 445pp; 446pp. One copy in OCLC at UTSA.
A substantial percentage is cookery: mole de guajalote Mexicano, y poblano, roastbeef, sopa de arroz ò macarrones a la española, Cerveza comun doble, manjar blanco cubano, ambrosia de los dioses, Queso de papas, conservar las alcachofas, cuidado de las morcillas y chorizos. sections on drinks, flavored waters, orchata, long sections on baking, wines, etc. Also good sections on agriculture including in depth instructions for growing chiles. Size: 12mo . 4-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000903.
Price: $1,100.00