
THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 17•
DOMESTIC ECONOMY The Magazine of Domestic Economy, First Series, 7 vol., 1836-1842; and 10 others
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY
The Magazine of Domestic Economy, First Series, 7 vol., contemporary half calf, spines gilt, volume 7 not uniform colour and label rubbed [Oxford p.169], Orr & Smith, 1836-1842--KITCHINER (WILLIAM) The Housekeeper's Oracle; or, Art of Domestic Management: Containing a Complete System of Carving... the Art of Managing Servants; and the Economist and Epicure's Calendar, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait, illustrations, 12pp. catalogue preceding title, occasional soiling, owner's name in ink on title, repair in lower margin of F4, untrimmed in publisher's boards, some small worm holes to spine, upper joint cracking [Oxford p.162-3; Simon BG 920], Whittaker, Treacher, 1829--ADAMS (SAMUEL and SARAH) The Complete Servant... From the Housekeeper to... the Foot-boy, some dampstaining towards end, untrimmed in publisher's printed boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled [Bitting p.3; Oxford p.156], Knight & Lacey, 1825--COBBETT (ANNE) The English Housekeeper: or, Manual of Domestic Management, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved frontispiece, old library label on front paste-down, contemporary cloth, A. Cobbett, [c.1835]--FRANCATELLI (CHALRES. E.) The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant, engraved portrait, illustrations, publisher's decorative cloth, Richard Bentley, 1888, 8vo et infra; and 6 others (17)