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THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL HOUSEKEEPERS, ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW; CONSISTING OF THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTERS...
by BRIGGS, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gatherin
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Binding quite nice with partial splits on both covers which are holding firm. Very Good and quite scarce, especially in this complete, unmutilated condition. Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xiii, xii-xvi, 557, [1-advertisement for Spotswood's books] pages, as issued. Originally issued in London in 1788, this is ONE OF THE EARLIEST COOKBOOKS PRINTED IN AMERICA. The chapters include material on wine and wine making, cordials, brewing, "proper rules to be observed in marketing," "rules for trussing," sauces, baking, broiling, and everything else. Briggs's prefatory remarks are dated 1788 and addressed to his readers "in hopes that they will find the Directions and Receipts more intelligible than in most Books of the Kind." BITTING, p.60, citing this Philadelphia edition as the main edition, and noting the other editions (including the two later Boston and Philadelphia editions of 1798); EVANS 24145; LOWENSTEIN 14. Bookplate of the noted Americanist Michael Zinman on the front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020848
- Title
- THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL HOUSEKEEPERS, ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW; CONSISTING OF THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTERS...
- Author
- BRIGGS, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gatherin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1792
- Keywords
- Cookbooks, Brewing, Wine Making, Gastronomy, 18th Century, American Imprints, Cookery, Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Imprints; Americana; Cookery; Cookbooks;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Spine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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