A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth: shewing the whole art of a master of the houshold [sic], a master carver, a master butler, a master confectioner, a master cook, a master pastryman

Rose, Giles

London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1682.

First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fair Condition. Item #CAT000969

Contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered. New endpapers. Lacking the title and beginning on A2, as well as C1, C6, C7. A few tears with loss to running title on page 81 and a word or two on corner of 86 and 113/114 with loss to margin and part of text with paper repair. A number of repairs and strengthening in he margins, but, overall, a not so bad copy of a famously rare book. With illustrations throughout - the depictions of carving, supposedly the first to appear in English, are taken from the French edition. 11 (of 12) leaves, 560 (of 563)pp, Cagle 970, Bitting 407, Pennell 141, Notaker 563

Rose offers himself as the author of this original work, but it is actually a translation of the 1662 French edition, itself a mixture of recipes from Le Maistre d'Hostel (1659), Le Patissier and Confiturier François (1653), de Lune's Cuisinier (1656), and Livre fort Excellent (1555) along with quite a few originals. It is a wide ranging work in six parts: Le Maistre de Hostel; Le Grand Escuyer Tranchant; Le SOmmelier ROyal; Le Confiturier ROyal; Le Cuisinier Royal; Le Patissier. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000969.

Price: $1,500.00