The new London family cook; or, Town and country housekeeper's guide. Comprehending directions for marketing ... practical instructions for preparing soups, broths, gravies, sauces, and made dishes ... With the respective branches of pastry... ... and confectionary, the art of potting, pickling, preserving, &c., cookery for the sick, and for the poor; directions for carving ... Also a collection of valuable family recipes,in dyeing, perfumery, &c. Instructions for brewing, making of British...
by MacDonald, Duncan (fl. 1800)
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London : printed and published by J. Robins and Co [1793], 1793. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in, reasonably near-contemporary aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt titles and gilt cross-bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and toned as with age. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 630 pages; Notes. Duncan was head cook at the Bedford Tavern, Covent Garden. Physical description; 630 p., [10] leaves of plates including a portrait frontis; 23 cm. Subjects; Cooking, English. Recipes. Brewing. Wine and wine making.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The new London family cook; or, Town and country housekeeper's guide. Comprehending directions for marketing ... practical instructions for preparing soups, broths, gravies, sauces, and made dishes ... With the respective branches of pastry... ... and confectionary, the art of potting, pickling, preserving, &c., cookery for the sick, and for the poor; directions for carving ... Also a collection of valuable family recipes,in dyeing, perfumery, &c. Instructions for brewing, making of British...
- Author
- MacDonald, Duncan (fl. 1800)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : printed and published by J. Robins and Co [1793]
- Date Published
- 1793
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