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GLASSE (Hannah). The Art of cookery made plain and easy. Edinburgh, Alexander Donaldson, 1774. In-12, brown basane, smooth spine, dark green title (English binding of the period). vi pp., (9) ff. (table), 440 pp. and (12) ff. (index). New enlarged edition of this famous English treatise on cooking by Hannah Glasse (1708-1770); first published anonymously in London in 1747, it remained a standard work for a century. This edition is the first in Edinburgh. Divided into XXII chapters, this treatise gives a very complete catalog of English recipes: "rosting, boilling, made disches, soups, puddings, cheesecakes...", and finds its originality in some chapters: chapter III shows how expensive French sauces are, chapter IX gives many recipes for a quick dinner, chapter XI is addressed to ship captains, etc. Folding table with, according to the month, the list of dishes. Some foxing. Tear restored to the table. Binding worn, top cover missing, spines split. Maclean, 60 - Simon, 767 - Bitting, 189; Oxford, 76; Vicaire, 48 and 413; Oberlé, 126: other editions.
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GLASSE (Hannah). The Art of cookery made plain and easy. Edinburgh, Alexander Donaldson, 1774. In-12, brown basane, smooth spine, dark green title (English binding of the period). vi pp., (9) ff. (table), 440 pp. and (12) ff. (index). New enlarged edition of this famous English treatise on cooking by Hannah Glasse (1708-1770); first published anonymously in London in 1747, it remained a standard work for a century. This edition is the first in Edinburgh. Divided into XXII chapters, this treatise gives a very complete catalog of English recipes: "rosting, boilling, made disches, soups, puddings, cheesecakes...", and finds its originality in some chapters: chapter III shows how expensive French sauces are, chapter IX gives many recipes for a quick dinner, chapter XI is addressed to ship captains, etc. Folding table with, according to the month, the list of dishes. Some foxing. Tear restored to the table. Binding worn, top cover missing, spines split. Maclean, 60 - Simon, 767 - Bitting, 189; Oxford, 76; Vicaire, 48 and 413; Oberlé, 126: other editions.
