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.
| Uniform Title: | Sheila and Marilynn Brass Culinary Collection.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, W. Strahan, T. Caslon, B. Law, and A. Hamilton,
MDCCLXIII [1763]
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| Edition: | The eighth edition. |
| Series: | Sheila and Marilynn Brass Culinary Collection.
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| 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 |