The cook and housewife's manual : a practical system of modern domestic cookery and family management / by Margaret Dods
Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, 1829. Fifth Edition. Mistress Dods is a a character in St. Ronan's well. The real author is Christina Jane Johnstone. Original publisher's dull dark green cloth with paper label. The label is chipped and very warm and the canvas generally chipped and a bit soiled. The front end papers are much later. No half-title. A clean (some general foxing throughout), sound copy but not a handsome one. Spine bands worn and separating. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #380993
Physical description : 476 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects : Cooking, English. Culinary. Brewing. Baking. Cooking Literature. Culinary Arts. Culinary History. Culinary History. Livres de cuisine.
Price: €325.00