A New System of Domestic Cookery, formed upon principles of Economy: and Adapted to the Use of Private Families Throughout the United States.

by a Lady by Maria Eliza Rundell

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Frontispiece; 8 plates. 316 pages; 1 leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary boards, spine backed with tape, uncut; shelf-worn, some foxing, soiling, a few minor tears, etc., date on title altered to 1816 by a former owner. Lowenstein 65; Cagle & Stafford 669; American Imprints 32685. Item #236009 An early American edition of what has been called the earliest manual of household management with any pretensions to completeness, it called

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