Carter, Susannah
The Frugal Housewife, or, Complete Woman's Cook
£227
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, c.1800. 12mo, contemporary half calf, xxi [1] 208, 4 pp. advertisements, engraved frontispiece, 12 bills of fare in the text, front board held by one cord only, frontispiece and title-page browned, frontispiece with closed tear in gutter, damp-staining to outer leaves, one advertisement leaf chipped [this edition not in Maclean];
[Copley, Esther]. The Cook's Complete Guide, on the Principles of Frugality, Comfort, and Elegence, including the Art of Carving. London: George Virtue, c.1830. 8vo, contemporary black half calf, iv 848 [2] pp., engraved frontispiece, additional title-page ('New London Cookery'), 10 plates, spotting;
and 6 others (these not fully collated), including: The Family Cookery Book ... by an Experienced Housekeeper, 1822 (fourth edition, 'considerably enlarged and improved', uncut in original boards, backstrip perished, front cover near detached, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates (with pin-holes); A New System of Practical Domestic Economy, 1827 (new edition, 'revised, and enlarged', uncut in original boards, spine chipped, front joint cracked; Alexander Murray, The Domestic Oracle, c.1826 (contemporary streaked calf, backstrip perished); Margaret Dods, The Cook and Housewife's Manual, 1833 (fifth edition, binding defective); Henderson William Brand, Simpson's Cookery, Improved and Modernised, 1834 (original boards, backstrip detached); Maria Rundell, A New System of Domestic Cookery, 1814 (uncut in original boards, backstrip perished, lacking at least pp. 79-90 and plates 8-9)