FIRST EDITION. HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY IN COLOUR AND ETCHINGS BY JOHN PEEL. VOLUME 1 HAS SLIGHT TEAR TO GUARD PAPER OPPOSITE FRONTISPIECE. VOLUME 2 IS WORN AT THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. A VERY GOOD HANDSOME SET.
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.
OCTAVO SOMETIME REBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH WITH THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN (WITH SMALL LOSS). FRONTIS. OF WALTON 395 PAGES TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. WITH NOTES BIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPANATORY AND THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS. VERY GOOD.
