The Williamsburg Art of Cookery Or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion --Being a Collection of Upward of Five Hundred of the Most Ancient & Approv'd Recipes in Virginia Cookery
by Bullock, Helen
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
Richmond, VA: Colonial Williamsburg. Near Fine. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Full leather. Second edition (1938) , after the 1742 original. Dark brown calf with gilt-stamped black morocco spine label. Four raised bands on spine. Some light rubbing to leather at corner tips. Page edges flecked brown. Decorative bookplate of former owner on front free endpage. Modeled after (facsimile of) the 1742 edition of "Book on the Art of Cookery, " complete with old-time English alphabet. The book draws on recipes from Virginia households. 12mo. 276 pp. Including index. .
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- Title
- The Williamsburg Art of Cookery Or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion --Being a Collection of Upward of Five Hundred of the Most Ancient & Approv'd Recipes in Virginia Cookery
- Author
- Bullock, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Cooking; Colonial Williamsburg
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 12mo
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- Fine
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- Spine Label
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