
THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 19•
FARLEY (JOHN) The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant, 1796; and 3 others (4)
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £484.50 inc. premium
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FARLEY (JOHN)
The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant, eighth edition, engraved frontispiece, and 12 plates of bills of fare (light dampstain to outer corners), last few leaves softened at edges, modern calf-backed boards, gilt panelled spine [ESTC T121903; Bitting p.152; Oxford p.114; Maclean p.50], 8vo, J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, 1796--BRIGGS (RICHARD) The English Art of Cookery, According to the Present Practice, first Dublin edition, 24 full-page bills of fare (first 2 partially supplied in manuscript facsimile), occasional soiling, contemporary calf, spine and corners neatly restored [ESTC N9203; Maclean p.15], 12mo, Dublin, P. Byrne, 1791--SIMPSON (JOHN) A Complete System of Cookery... Bills of Fare for Every Day of the Year.. Being One Years' Work at the Late Most Noble The Marquis of Buckingham, third edition, title-page laid down and restored, last leaf repaired, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked [Bitting p.436; Oxford p.134], 8vo, W. Stewart, [1813]--MACDONALD (DUNCAN) The New London Family Cook; or Town and Country Housekeeper's Guide... List of the Most Respectable Manufacturers and Dealers in the Various Articles, second edition, advertisement leaf at end, engraved portrait and 10 plates, occasional foxing, last few leaves wormed in margins, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rebacked [Bitting p.297], 8vo, James Cundee, 1808 (4)