[TRUSLER, John] The Honours of the Table; or, Rules for behaviour during meals with the whole art of carving ... for the use of young people, London: for the author at the Literary Press, 1791, 12°, second edition, wood-engravings of joints, poultry and fish by John Bewick, 12-page "List of Books published by the Rev. Dr. Trusler" at end (A3 and A4 affected by paper fault, causing loss of text in final paragraph of A3v and A4r, title verso slightly wormed at inner margin), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (spine chipped). [Bitting p. 466; Maclean p. 142; Osborne p. 743]

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[TRUSLER, John] The Honours of the Table; or, Rules for behaviour during meals with the whole art of carving ... for the use of young people, London: for the author at the Literary Press, 1791, 12°, second edition, wood-engravings of joints, poultry and fish by John Bewick, 12-page "List of Books published by the Rev. Dr. Trusler" at end (A3 and A4 affected by paper fault, causing loss of text in final paragraph of A3v and A4r, title verso slightly wormed at inner margin), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (spine chipped). [Bitting p. 466; Maclean p. 142; Osborne p. 743]

Lot Essay

First published in 1788. Oxford, p. 117, observes that: "The book gives curious information as to the habits of the time. For example, the custom of 'a gentleman and a lady sitting alternately round the table' had only been lately introduced. Till then the ladies had sat together according to rank. 'Habit has made a pint of wine after dinner almost necessary to a man who eats freely.'"

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