The Art Of Modern Cookery Displayed Consisting Of The Most Approved Methods Of Cookery Pastry And

by Menon Fl 1700s B Clermont

£1,250 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Sold by R. Davis, 1767. French cookery FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, two volumes bound as one. Octavo 22 x 14cm , pp.xvi 48 286 4 ; 289-588 2 . Contemporary brown speckled full calf, gilt-rulings to boards and spine, raised bands to spine. Edges speckled red. Some internal woodworm damage, mostly to latter half. Offsetting throughout, the odd mark here and there. Two previous ownership inscriptions in black ink: 'Mary Bourman Book 1779' to flyleaf,

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