American Domestic Cookery by A Lady - 1822

Evert Duyckinck, 1823. Leather. Very Good. Evert Duyckinck; New York, 1823. Hardcover. A Very Good, full leather binding with title label on spine, moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards and spine, abrasions to board corners, leather is a bit dry and brittle, age toning and some foxing throughout, text block edges and pages a bit pulpy, previous owner ink handwritten name front free endpaper and verso rear free endpaper, previous owner handwritten name also in pencil on verso rear free endpaper, small sticker bottom rear pastedown, rubbing along board edges, some loss to top spine edge, without Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 32mo[tricesimo-secondo or approx. 3.5 x 5 inches]. 357pp., indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

Hartford, Ct: Andrus and Judd, 1833. Leather_bound. Poor. 16mo. (3 7/8" x 6 1/4") A binding copy only, lacking both boards and damage to the spine strip. (1) engraved frontis showing calf, hog and sheep with numbered sections of the cuts of their meat; engraved first title page featuring engraving of a cow also with numbered sections indication the various cuts of meat; title, engraved on verso with cow and sheep with numbered meat sections; 216 pp. with contents/index. Nine plates (including the aforementioned) , present but bound out of order. Binding well worn and rubbed; scattered foxing throughout the text block; loss to the margin of the frontis engraving not affecting the image; Plate 5 half torn away. Contains "Observations for the Use of the Mistress of A Family" ("...in the variety of female acquirements, though domestic occupations stand not so high in esteem as they formerly did, yet when neglected they produce much human misery..."). With directions for preparing and cooking various… Read More