The art of cookery, made plain and easy : which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published, containing ... to which are added, by way of appendix, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, and a copious index / by a lady.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sheila and Marilynn Brass Culinary Collection.
Main Author: Glasse, Hannah, 1708-1770 (Author)
Corporate Author: J. and R. Tonson (Bookseller)
Other Authors: Millar, A., active 1738-1799 (Bookseller)
Strahan, William, 1715-1785 (Bookseller)
Caslon, Thomas, -1783 (Bookseller)
Law, B. (Bedwell), -1798 (Bookseller)
Hamilton, A. (Bookseller)
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, W. Strahan, T. Caslon, B. Law, and A. Hamilton, MDCCLXIII [1763]
Edition:The eighth edition.
Series:Sheila and Marilynn Brass Culinary Collection.
Subjects:
Cooking, English > Early works to 1800.
Cooking > Early works to 1800.
Cooking.
Cuisine anglaise > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cuisine.
Recipes.
Cooking, English.
Early works.
Cookbooks.
Booksellers' advertisements > England > London > 1763.
Booksellers' advertisements.
Inscriptions > 1795.
Inscriptions > 1801.
Inscriptions
Bookplates > 1801.
Bookplates
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Ouvrages avant 1800.
Early works.
Cookbooks.
Booksellers' advertisements
Booksellers' advertisements.
Inscriptions
Bookplates
Ownership and Custodial History:
Bookplate on front paste-down: "Henriette Broome, 1801."; inscriptions at head of leaf A2r: "H. Broome, 1795" and "W. Woods, 1895"; inscription in an early hand on recto of first front free fly-leaf: "Edes."; pencil inscription on leaf 2D4v: "W" (?); transferred ink on leaf A2r from now-lost inscriptions on facing page; pen markings/trials and spilled ink in numerous locations throughout.
Local Note:
MSU: Cataloged from an imperfect copy; lacking title leaf; print out of a scan of the title page from the British Library copy available in MSS 466.
MSU: Damage to tail of leaf a7 (text unaffected); damage to lower corner of leaf P6 affects text (print-out of a scan of leaves P6r and P6v from the British Library copy available in MSS 466, Box 7, Folder 98).
Binding Information:
In full contemporary calf; spine tooled in gilt; red leather spine label, lettered and tooled in gilt; edges speckled blue; cloth tape repairs to boards and spine.
Physical Description:2 unnumbered pages, vi pages, 24 unnumbered pages, 384 pages, 24 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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