A FINE COPY IN GREY BOARDS WITH A DARK BLUE LEATHER SPINE WITH GILT LETTERING. A FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST EDITION (1747) SUPPLEMENTED BY THE RECIPES WHICH THE AUTHOR ADDED UP TO THE FIFTH EDITION AND FURNISHED WITH A PREFACE A GLOSSARY AND NOTES A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THIS EDITION AND AN INDEX.
LACKS TITLE PAGE AND HENCE THE EXACT DATE AND PUBLISHER ARE NOT KNOWN BUT MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. THIS IS A HANDSOME VOLUME REBOUND IN FULL BROWN LEATHER RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE GILT TITLE NEW ENDPAPERS SOME ORIGINAL PAGES FOR EXAMPLE IN THE INDEX STRENGHTENED WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME MARGINAL LOSS. CONTAINS: 4 PAGE PREFACE; A BILL OF FARE FOR EVERY SEASON; THE COMPLEAT HOUSEWIFE (354 PAGES); 4 PAGES OF AN INDEX (SEVERAL PAGES MISSING HERE); 3 PAGES OF TABLE SETTINGS (WITH SOME LOSS). THE BOOK IS TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN FOR THE AGE.
