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[GLASSE, Hannah (1708-1770).] The Art of Cookery, made plain and easy. London: for the author, 1747.
2° (285 x 181mm). Ornament on title. (Title repaired at inner margin, minor paper flaw in second leaf, occasional spotting and short marginal tears.) Modern blind-stamped mottled calf by the Studio bindery, Surrey.
FIRST EDITION OF PERHAPS THE MOST RENOWNED EARLY COOKERY BOOK IN ENGLISH. 'Her works were best-sellers for nearly 100 years ... and they remained popular until Mrs. Beeton took over her mantle' (Maclean). Hannah Glasse recognised the need for a new kind of cookery book and so wrote hers in plain English for the ordinary domestic cook, making use of common ingredients and simple procedures. In addition to giving recipes, she advises how to choose meat and fish, and lists when certain fish, fruits and vegetables are in season. ESTC records thirty-three editions of her remarkable book up to 1799. Bitting pp. 186-7; Maclean pp.58-61; Oxford pp. 76-7; Vicaire 48.
2° (285 x 181mm). Ornament on title. (Title repaired at inner margin, minor paper flaw in second leaf, occasional spotting and short marginal tears.) Modern blind-stamped mottled calf by the Studio bindery, Surrey.
FIRST EDITION OF PERHAPS THE MOST RENOWNED EARLY COOKERY BOOK IN ENGLISH. 'Her works were best-sellers for nearly 100 years ... and they remained popular until Mrs. Beeton took over her mantle' (Maclean). Hannah Glasse recognised the need for a new kind of cookery book and so wrote hers in plain English for the ordinary domestic cook, making use of common ingredients and simple procedures. In addition to giving recipes, she advises how to choose meat and fish, and lists when certain fish, fruits and vegetables are in season. ESTC records thirty-three editions of her remarkable book up to 1799. Bitting pp. 186-7; Maclean pp.58-61; Oxford pp. 76-7; Vicaire 48.
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