LOT 3126
29th March 2022
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LOT 3126
COOKERY. - Mary SMITH. The Complete House-Keeper, and Professed Cook. Newcastle: S. Hodgson, 1786. New edition, 8vo (194 x 112mm.) 6pp. index at front, 2 engraved folding plates of table-settings to rear. (Browning, spotting throughout, corner creasing, blanks replaced, label remains on front pastedown.) Near contemporary brown half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco lettering piece to the spine (wear to top of spine, rubbing). Provenance: Elizabeth Darley (name inscribed to title-page). [Bitting, 439.] - And a further two related volumes (Eliza Acton's 'Modern Cookery, in all Its Branches; Reduced to a System of Easy Practice', 1853, 8vo, and B. Clermont's 'The Professed Cook; or, the Modern Art of Cookery, Pastry & Confectionary, made Plain and Easy', 1824, 8vo) (3).
Hammer price: £55
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