The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook by W. A. Henderson – Seventeenth Edition
$299.00
An uncommon early nineteenth-century English cookery book: The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook by W. A. Henderson, here in the seventeenth edition, corrected, revised and considerably improved by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie.
The work offers a wide-ranging guide to Georgian domestic cookery, including meat, poultry, game, fish, soups, hashes, made dishes, confectionery, pickling, preserving, British wines and brewing. It also incorporates The Complete Art of Carving, bills of fare, table decoration, marketing advice, culinary poisons, and management of the kitchen and fruit garden.
Publisher: Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row, London
Edition: Seventeenth edition
Binding: Period leather hardcover
Condition: Poor but substantially present. The front board is fully detached, the spine covering is largely missing, and the binding is heavily worn with scuffing, losses and rounded corners. The title page and engraved portrait remain present. Pages show age-toning, foxing, staining, edge wear and occasional tears. Sold as an original antiquarian volume requiring careful handling and offered primarily for its historical, culinary and research interest.
Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, NON-FICTION BOOKS, VINTAGE COOKBOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: ANTIQUARIAN BOOK, B0015, BOOKS, COOKING, CULINARY HISTORY, GEORGIAN COOKERY, NON FICTION, VINTAGE COOKBOOK
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