The Honours of the Table, or, Rules for Behaviour during Meals; with the whole Art of Carving, Illustrated by a Variety of Cuts. Together with Directions for going to Market, and the Method of distinguishing good Provisions
by Trusler John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bath: Printed by Gye and Son, for the author, and sold by J. Souter, 1805. No printed date, circa 1805. Book measures 18.5x11.cm. Collation, 84pp, 26 wood-cuts, with 8pp Trusler's catalogue, dated 1825. Bound in half calf, marble boards, gilt head and tail bands, gilt lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. a very nice copy. . Fifth Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good Plus. Small 8 Vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014182
- Title
- The Honours of the Table, or, Rules for Behaviour during Meals; with the whole Art of Carving, Illustrated by a Variety of Cuts. Together with Directions for going to Market, and the Method of distinguishing good Provisions
- Author
- Trusler John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Printed by Gye and Son, for the author, and sold by J. Souter
- Place of Publication
- Bath
- Date Published
- 1805
- Size
- Small 8 Vo
- Keywords
- Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Cookery/Domestic;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.