The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy
London: A. Millar, 1751.
Fourth Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Item #CAT000974
Contemporary leather, worn heavily esp. at corners, neatly rebacked; binding sound. Modest to heavy foxing and browning, final 6 pages laid in from a slightly larger copy. A good copy of the 4th edition and the first to mention Hannah Glasse as the author (on the engraved frontis). With Glasse's signature on the first page in an attempt to deter piracy. (24), 334pp. Cagle 698, Pennell 154, Vicaire 414, Bitting 187 (other editions).
Fourth edition of the most influential of all English 18th century cookbooks. Though her advances were partly fictitious, and her cookbooks were heavily plagiarized from Eliza Smith and, especially, The Whole Duty of a Woman (1737), she put many recipes in front of English cooks for the first time. She also advanced the simplicity and economy of English cooking - even if sometimes just to run down French cooking techniques (e.g. her chapter devoted to ridiculing the extravagance of French sauces is just remarkable).
Provenance: Sarah Foster "her book 1799" on on front and rear pastedown. Size: 8vo (octavo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000974.
Price: $750.00