The Housekeeper's Instructor or Universal Family Cook, Being a Full and Clear Display of the Art of Cookery in All Its Branches, to Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving by Henderson W.A - 1809

J. Stratford, London. 1806. Fourteenth edition, corrected, revised, and considerably improved by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie.. Hardback.. 11 Black and White plates, some folding out. Handsome modern leather spine and corners, with marbled boards. Modern endpapers. Title-page and frontis replaced with photocopy facsimiles. Some pages worn, with reinforced edge.

NY: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. Sixth printing of the US edition. Covers moderately faded, light to moderate foxing throughout, some staining, overall quite clean and presentable. Original mauve cloth with title and decoration stamped in gilt and blind, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 360, 61, xii pp. Frontispiece, engraved title page and 2 engraved plates Originally published in London, 1791 as "The House-keepers Instructor, or Universal Family Cook." The first US edition was published in 1829. 61-page section at back separately titled "The New Family Receipt Book" with it's own index, general index following. Frontispiece engraving of a kitchen was drawn by (Henry?) Corbould and engraved by Illman. Cagle & Stafford 354; Lowenstein 735.

London: J. Stratford, 1805. Thirteenth Edition. Leather. Very Good. 8vo. 448 pp + 16 pp index. Rebacked in brown leather over original brown calf boards, new endpapers and new gilt titling to spine. Corners bumped, text block edges soiled and stained, especially at upper fore corner, only slightly affecting interior. Frontispiece with older mending, edges heavily chipped. Scattered foxing and staining throughout, but all text remains readable and all plates are present. Laid in at front are 2 manuscript recipes, one apparently 19th c. and the other 20th c., along with a small newsclipping. 11 copper plates showing carving and setting instructions with 2 fold-out plates showing full table settings. Fold-out plates heavily worn with some mended tears. Full Title: Being a Full and Clear Display of the Art of Cookery in All Its Branches. Containing Proper Directions for Dressing All Kinds of Butcher's Meat, Poultry, Game, Fish, &c. The Method of Preparing All the Varieties of Soups, Hashes, ,and Made… Read More

New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen, no. 379 Broadway, 1857. Octavo, 360, 61, xii, pages. Engraved title and frontispiece. Illustrated with two engraved plates. A later American edition of this work, originally titled The Housekeeper's Instructor (London 1791), including Hughson's improvements and the New Family Receipt Book, reprinted here with separate pagination. As Cagle reminds us, "this is an entirely different work from Elizabeth Hammond's Modern Domestic Cookery." Chapters include: Soups and Broths - Boiling - Roasting - Baking - Broiling - Frying - Stewing - Hashing and Mincing - Fricaseeing - Ragoos - Gravies, Cullises, and Other Sauces - Made Dishes - Vegetables and Roots - Boiled Puddings - Pies - Pancakes and Fritters - Tarts and Puffs - Cheesecakes and Custards - Cakes, Biscuits, &c. - The Art of Confectionery - Pickling - Collaring - Potting Meat and Poultry - Curing of Various Kinds of Meats - Methods of Keeping Vegetables, Fruits, &c. - Possets and Gruels - Made Wines, &c. -… Read More