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THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 20

FRENCH AND EUROPEAN COOKERY
[MENON] The French Family Cook: Being a Complete System of French Cookery, 1793; and 9 others, mostly French cookery (10)

19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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FRENCH AND EUROPEAN COOKERY

[MENON] The French Family Cook: Being a Complete System of French Cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of Moderate Fortune and Condition... Translated from the French, first English edition, advertisement leaf at end, repairs to first 3 leaves, some worming to lower margins towards end (affecting a few words), modern calf-backed boards [ESTC T91239; Bitting, p.554; Maclean, p.101; Oxford, p.121; Simon BG 7141793], J. Bell, 1793--ROBERTS (I.) The Young Cook's Guide... A New Treatise on French and English Cookery.... Preserving Fruit... Rudiments of Ices...., ownership inscription of Mary Ann Lawson, 1836, publisher's cloth, rebacked preserving original spine [Bitting p.400], Laking, 1836--SOYER (ALEXIS) The Modern Housewife or Menagere, Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day, second English edition, engraved portrait, wood-engraved dedication, advertisements for Soyer's Sauces at end, publisher's cloth, gilt-stamped spine, Simpkin, Marshall, 1849--UDE (LOUIS EUSTACHE) The French Cook, ninth edition, lithographed portrait and 8 engraved plates of bills of fare (one torn without loss), ownership signature of Lydia Addenbrooke on title, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving most of original spine [Bitting p.471], W.H. Ainsworth, 1827--[KOCHHEIM (AMALIA VON)] A Handbook of Foreign Cookery; Principally French, German and Danish, publisher's cloth, spine worn, John Murray, 1845, 8vo; and 5 others, mostly French cookery (10)

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