[GLASSE, Hannah (1708-1770)]. The Art of Cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds any thing of the kind ever yet published, London: printed for the author, 1747. 2° (290 x 180mm). Title with printer's device. (L2 with short marginal tear, Hh1 and Ss1 with neatly repaired tears, occasional light spotting.) 20th-century mottled calf by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt with calf lettering piece, gilt turn-ins (joints and edges rubbed). Provenance: Charles Plumptre Johnson (bookplate). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of this famous cookery book. "She is certainly the best-known cookery writer of the 18th-century ... Her works were best-sellers for nearly 100 years, the last edition being printed in 1843, and they remained popular until Mrs Beeton took over her mantle" (Maclean). Bitting pp.186-7; Maclean pp.58-61; Oxford pp.76-7; Vicaire 48.