The Compleat City and Country Cook or. Accomplish'd Housewif...

The Compleat City and Country Cook or. Accomplish'd Housewife, Charles Carter, pub. A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; and C. Davis; T. Green and S. Austen. 1732. 1st ed. 280 pp. 49 engraved plates of which 5 are later facsimiles. Bound in contemporary panelled calf, decorated in blind. A very decent copy of a scarce early eighteenth century title. With: The Experienced English Housekeeper, by Elizabeth Raffald, Manchester, printed for the author by J. Harrop, 1769. 1st ed. Signed by the author to Chapter One (to prevent piracy). 362 pp. lacking the last leaf of the index (ending on P's). Lacking the two engraved plates. Bound in contemporay full leather, morocco label to the spine decorated with gilt stylings. The front board is detached. Splashy foxing to some of the pages, and general age-toning. Despite the faults, a scarce title. With Selection of the Eatable Funguses, of Great Britain, ed Robert Hogg and George W. Johnson, pub. Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office. No date (but 1866). 24, tissue-guarded oloured lithographic plates. Original publishers moire clothwith gilt titles and decorations, a few marks and light stains. A few areas of the spine cloth have been lost, affecting the title.

Estimate:£150

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