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The art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy; Which Far Exceeds Any Thing of the Kind Ever yet Published
Hannah Glasse
c1748
Printed for the Author : London
8" by 5"
iv, [28], 330pp.
SUMMARY
The scarce third edition of this important and immensely popular cookery book by Hannah Glasse.
An Important Work,Early Edition,Leather Binding
Overall Condition: Fair
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The third edition of this work by Hannah Glasse, dated from ESTC 1748 identified from its unique pagination, only matching that of the third edition. All publication information was taken from ESTC Reference T163724.
This copy is lacking the title page.
An important Georgian cookery book, first published in 1747. This cookbook was extremely popular upon publication, and ran through at least forty editions, some unauthorised.
Written in plain and simple language for servants to understand and follow instructions easily, it contains various useful hints for the kitchen, with numerous recipes and techniques such as roasting, boiling, simple dishes for dinner, dressing, soups, side dishes, puddings, sausages, and more.
Including directions for the sick and on distilling, as well as such recipes to keep bugs away.
Glasse strongly criticised French influence on British cuisine, although some French recipes are included in this book. Chapter III is titled 'Read this Chapter and you will find how expensive a French Cook's sauce is.' Other imported ingredients include cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, pistachios, and musk.
Later editions of this work, namely the 1751 edition was the first book to mention trifle with jelly as an ingredient; the 1758 edition gave the first mention of 'Hamburger sausages,' and piccalilli; the 1774 edition included one of the first English recipes for an Indian-style curry.
Including an extensive list of subscribers.
In need of a rebinding.
CONDITION
In In full calf binding. Externally rather worn with some shelf wear and rubbing to the boards and spine, some chipping to the extremities and some loss to the head and tail of the spine, which is creased vertically and fairly damaged. The front board is detached, while the rear board is loosening and may detach with further handling. Lacking the title page. The dedication leaves through to a1 are loose, as well as a2-a3, and a4. The first leaves of contents are tender at the gutter, while the rest of the book is firmly bound together up until page 315, where the binding is tender. The pages are generally clean with the occasional marking and faint spot, and a touch of age toning as usual. The occasional leaf presents some chipping to the margins, particularly those that are loose. With a previous owner signature on the dedication leaf.
Overall Condition: Fair
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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