
THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 22•
GELLEROY (WILLIAM) The London Cook, FIRST EDITION, S. Crowder & Co., J. Coote & J. Fletcher, 1762
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,402.50 inc. premium
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GELLEROY (WILLIAM)
The London Cook, or the Whole Art of Cookery made Easy and Familiar. Containing a great Number of approved and Practical Receipts in every Branch of Cookery. Viz. Chap. I. Of Soups, Broths and Gravy. II. Of Pancakes, Fritters, Possets, Tanseys... XVI. Of Made Wines, FIRST EDITION, folding engraved frontispiece of 'His Majesty's Table' (repaired on verso), with Appendix and publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked [ESTC T63887; Bitting p.179; Maclean p.56; Oxford p. 92; Simon BG 740], 8vo, S. Crowder & Co., J. Coote & J. Fletcher, 1762
Footnotes
"This seems a very good book" (Oxford), complete with the rare frontispiece. The author was cook to The Duchess of Argyll.