
THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 36•
[KING (WILLIAM)] The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, [1708]; and another (2)
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £382.50 inc. premium
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[KING (WILLIAM)]
The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. With some Letters to Dr. Lister, and Others: Occasion'd Principally by the Title of a Book Publish'd by the Doctor, being the Works of Apicius Coelius, Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Antients, FIRST EDITION, half-title, some light browning, upper corners of last 4 leaves with some worming repaired, bookplates of Thomas Lister (descendant of the the author) and Blanche Anding, contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked [Bitting p.260; Maclean p.84; Oxford p.51; Simon BG 908], Bernard Lintott, [1708]--LAMB (PATRICK) Royal Cookery; or, the Complete Court-Cook, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 33 folding engraved bills of fare (of 35), the title-page and 2 missing plates supplied in good facsimile, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional minor soiling, one plate torn without loss, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving most of backstrip [Bitting p.271; Maclean p.88; Oxford p.52] , Abel Roper, and sold by John Morphew, 1710, 8vo (2)