The English Cookery Book, uniting a good Style with Economy
WALSH, John Henry, [[John, ABERCROMBIE], ]
[?Third Edition.]
BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
Published: G. Routledge & Co., 1860
Stock code: 45177
Price: £288.00
12mo., with engraved frontispiece original tissue guard present), and 7 engraved plates, some light age-soiling (mainly marginal) throughout; publisher's dark green pebble-grain cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, expertly rebacked in red roan lettered in gilt to style, hand-made endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved copy of a scarce work.
This popular and influential work purports to contain 'many unpublished receipts in daily use by private families, collected by a Committee of Ladies'. It was first published in 1858 [Cagle 1045] with a second edition in 1859 [Simon 1595]. The plates depict kitchen implements, trussing and carving. From the Preface we learn that Walsh intended this work as a complement to his 'The English Housekeeper's Book' published in the same year as this edition. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.