Modern cookery, for private families, reduced to a system of easy practice, in a series of carefully tested receipts, in which the principles of Baron Liebig and other eminent writers have been as much as possible applied and explained.
by ACTON, Eliza
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green,, 1864.. 1864 xlvii, 643 p. 7 plates. Illustrations in the text. Plate 2 is creased on the fore edge. Publisher's embossed cloth binding showing wear on the corners. Neatly rebacked with the original spine re-laid. New endpapers. The binding and text show the signs of use common to a good cookery book of this age but are carefully restored for further enjoyment.
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- Bookseller
- COBNAR BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8387
- Title
- Modern cookery, for private families, reduced to a system of easy practice, in a series of carefully tested receipts, in which the principles of Baron Liebig and other eminent writers have been as much as possible applied and explained.
- Author
- ACTON, Eliza
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green,
- Date Published
- 1864.
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About the Seller
COBNAR BOOKS
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Deal, Kent
About COBNAR BOOKS
Trading online and at bookfairs since 1995 and a PBFA member since 1997. Visitors by appointment only. We carry a small stock, specialising in Antiquarian, Academic, Provincial Printing and other bibliographical oddities.
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