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Bread.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Le parfait boulanger ou traité complet sur la fabrication & le commerce du pain, first edition, title with woodcut arms, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, spotting and some damp-staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper joint starting, but holding firm, head of spine worn, corners repaired with cloth, rubbed, [Bitting p.357; Cagle 374; Oberlé Fastes 813; Vicaire 656], 8vo, Paris, Royal Printers, 1778.⁂ First edition of this comprehensive treatise on bread-making and the sale of the product. It includes a history of bread-making in the introduction. In 1780 Parmentier and Antoine Alexis Cadet de Vaux opened a free school of bakery in Paris. Provenance: Gayet, bookseller, Bordeaux (label to front pastedown).

Vegetables.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Recherches sur les végétaux nourrissans, qui, dans les temps de disette, peuvent remplacer les alimens ordinaires. Avec de nouvelles observations sur la culture des pommes de terre, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, folding engraved plate by Gaitte at end of a grater to remove starch from potatoes, this with short tape repair verso (showing through) and water-staining in upper margin, some water-staining at head, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, head of spine little worn, head of upper edge and corners worn, water-stained, rubbed, [Cagle 376; Livres en bouche 164; Oberlé Fastes 693; Vicaire 657; Blake p.339; Wellcome IV, p.308], 8vo, Paris, Royal Printers, 1781.⁂ Parmentier proposes the potato and other alternatives to traditional vegetables for eating in times of famine.

NO RESERVE Dairy.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) & Nicolas Déyeux. Précis d'expérience et observations sur les différentes espèces de lait, considérées dans leurs rapports avec la chimie, la médecine, et l'économie rurale, first edition, half-title, water-stained at foot, mostly marginal, some spotting, partly unopened, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red leather label, upper joint split, but holding, head of spine and corners little worn, some staining, rubbed, [Bitting p.357; Cagle 375], 8vo, Strasbourg, F.G. Levrault & Théoph. Barrois, [1799].

Coffee, tea & chocolate.- Pauli (Simon) A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, translated by Dr. Robert James, first edition in English, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates (bound at start), 1p. advertisements at end, 6pp. 18th century ms. notes on tea bound at end, 18th century ink notes to half-title and marginalia, short marginal split at foot of half-title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century drab boards, spine ends worn, rubbed, [Cagle 918; Maclean p.111-112; Mueller p.165; Vicaire 667 (note)], 8vo, Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn; J. Hildyard, at York; M. Bryson, at New-castle; and J. Leake, at Bath, 1746.⁂ Rare at auction. The translator Dr. James was a friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson and physician to King George III.Provenance: Bibliothek des Tabakmuseums (bookplate).

Peckham (Ann) The complete English cook; or, prudent housewife. Being a collection of the most general, yet least expensive receipts in every branch of cookery and good housewifery...to which is added, a Supplement, containing Forty-Nine Receipts, never before printed, fourth edition, typographic bills of fare for a dinner and supper for every month of the year, title with loss of part of a couple of letters and neatly mounted on stub, M5 torn at outer edge, with loss of text, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf, with 18th century calf covers laid down, spine gilt and with black leather label, [Bitting p.360 (note); Maclean p.112], Leeds, Printed for Thomas Wright, John Binns, William Fawdington [& others], [c.1790] § [Kettilby (Mary), compiler] A collection of above three hundred receipts in cookery, physick and surgery; for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses, sixth edition, some light staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.258 (note); Maclean pp.79-82; Oxford p.54 (note)], Printed for the executrix of Mary Kettilby; and sold by W. Parker, 1746; and 4 others, defective 18th century women writers, v.s. (6)⁂ The first mentioned is scarce. Another fourth edition with a different imprint is recorded by ESTC, and is also scarce.

[Plumptre (Arabella)], "A Lady". Domestic Management; Or, the Healthful Cookery-Book. To Which is Prefixed a Treatise on Diet, as the Surest Means to Preserve Health, Long Life &c., second edition, engraved frontispiece, 3pp. advertisements at end, outer margin of frontispiece chipped and repaired, stained and spotted, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, covers rubbed, [Cagle 935a (defective at end); cf. Bitting p.544; Oxford p.139; Simon BG 521 & Vicaire 700], Printed for B. and R. Crosby and Co., 1813 § "Lady (A)". The Housekeepers' friend, or manual of cookery, first edition, a few small wormholes / trace to margins, some staining, original cloth, gilt title to upper cover, spine repaired, faded, some staining, [not in the standard bibliographies], scarce, Norwich, Printed by Jarrold and Sons, [1852]; and c.50 others, women writers, v.s. (c.52)

Evelyn (John).- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] The French gardiner: instructing how to cultivate all sorts of fruit-trees, and herbs for the garden...Whereunto is annexed, The English vineyard vindicated by John Rose..with a tract of the making and ordering of wines in France, translated by John Evelyn, third edition, engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates (3 signed A. Hertocks), of which 1 folding, first quire working loose, trimmed at head, occasionally affecting a headline, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 18th century sheep, later leather to spine, worn, but holding firm, [Keynes 9; Henrey p.231; Hunt 320; Simon BG 620; Wing B3601 & R1937; cf. Bitting p.48 & Livres en bouche 120 (French editions)], 8vo, Printed by S.S. for Benj: Tooke at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1672.⁂ A rare edition in commerce. It was Evelyn's first horticultural work, which he dedicated to his friend Thomas Henshaw, at whose suggestion he had undertaken the translation.

Pomiane (Édouard de) La Cuisine Polonaise vue des bords de la Seine, first edition, one of 250 copies for subscribers and friends of the author, frontispiece by Stanislas Grabowski, head- and tail-pieces by Olesieswicz, original wrappers, a very good copy, Paris, Société Polonais des amis du livre, 1952; Radio cuisine. Conférences gastronomiques diffusées par la T.S.F., lightly browned, original printed wrappers, neat short tear to lower wrapper, [Bitting p.375], Paris, Albin Michel, [1933]; Cooking in 10 Minutes, second edition, woodcut illustrations after Toulouse Lautrec, original pictorial cloth, little spotted, dust-jacket, little staining, Oxford, 1956; and c.30 others, by the same, in French and English, v.s. (c.33)⁂ Pomiane was a French scientist, food writer, and radio broadcaster.

Rabisha (William) The Whole body of cookery dissected, taught, and fully manifested, methodically, artificially, and according to the best tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c., first edition, lacking title (a fragment remains) and upper third of K8, wormed at upper inner corner, mostly marginal, but within text in places, most noticeably in sigs.D-F, some staining / water-staining and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, worn, but holding firm, [Bitting p.386-387 (note); Oxford pp.30-31; Simon BG 1248; Vicaire 727; cf. Cagle 943 (4th edition)], Printed by R.W. for Giles Calvert, at the sign of the black Spread Eagle, at the West end of Pauls, 1661; and 14 others, defective 17th & 18th century works, v.s. (15) sold not subject to return. ⁂ One of the great rarities of the cookery canon. Rabisha was a Cornishman who claimed to have worked for many noble families. The first part deals with pickles, fish, meats and fruit; the second 'Rare recipes in Cookery'; and the third preserving, conserving and candying.

Raffald (Elizabeth) The experienced English house-keeper, for the use and ease of ladies, house-keepers, cooks, &c. Wrote purely from practice, first edition, signed by the author at head of A1, as usual (for copyright reasons), 2 folding engraved bills of fare, these creased, water-stained, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments (worn at ends), corners restored, little stained, [Bitting p.387 (note); Cagle 944; Maclean pp.121-124; Oxford pp.98-99; Simon BG 1249], 8vo, Manchester, Printed by J. Harrop, for the author, and sold by Messrs. Fletcher and Anderson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London; and by Eliz. Raffald, Confectioner, near the Exchange, Manchester, 1769.⁂ Mrs. Raffald spent fifteen years as housekeeper to Lady Elizabeth Warburton (to whom the work is dedicated), married the gardener, opened a confectioner's shop in Manchester and set up a cookery school. She went on to have fifteen daughters, run two inns, found Salford's first newspaper, establish a registry office for servants and compile Manchester's first Directory.

Indian.- [Riddell (Robert Flower)] Indian Domestic Economy and Receipt Book, comprising Numerous Directions for Plain Wholesome Cookery both Oriental and English, first edition, errata f., pp.211-214 (2 ff.), detached at some point and reattached, the first f. now back to front, both ff. with horizontal tape repaired tear, without loss of text, second f. with piece torn from lower margin, spotted, occasional foxing, mostly at ends (including title), lightly browned, contemporary half diced calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.567; Simon BG 876; cf. Cagle 1101 & 1102 (third & fourth editions)]; 8vo, Bombay, Printed at the "Gentleman's Gazette" Press, 1849.⁂ Rare; this being the only copy we can trace at auction. Indeed, institutional holdings are also scarce.

R[obert] (le sieur) L'art de bien traiter, divisé en trois parties. Ouvrage nouveau, curieux, et fort galant, utile a toutes personnes, et conditions, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, final f. blank, stained and foxed, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, head of spine and corners worn, a few areas of worming / chipping, stained, rubbed, [Bitting p.518; Cagle 407; Livres en bouche 115; Notaker 628.1; Vicaire 43-44], large 12mo, Paris, Jean du Puis, rue S. Jacques à la Couronne d'or, 1674.⁂ Rare copy at auction of this classic of French cookery. We can trace only a handful of copies since 1966, including ours, last sold in 2007. The preface includes a diatribe against La Varenne, probably borne out of jealousy having witnessed the success of his Le Cuisinier françois. Includes suggestions for eating al fresco in gardens, grottoes or woods. Jean du Puis, to whom the privilege was granted, assigned part of the edition to Frédéric Léonard, and accordingly we find a variant imprint with the latter's name.

Rose (Giles) A perfect school of instructions for the officers of the mouth: shewing the whole art of a master of the houshold [sic], a master carver, a master butler, a master confectioner, a master cook, a master pastryman..., first edition in English, woodcut illustrations, lacking title, C1 and C6&7, E5 tear to head, with loss of part of headline, E7 small piece torn from lower corner, with loss of a word, F9 torn with loss of text and repaired, repairs, foxing, some staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving an earlier black leather label, covers scuffed, [Bitting p. 407; Cagle 970; Oxford p.42; Wing R1933], 12mo, Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes in Russel-street in Covent-Garden, 1682. sold not subject to return. ⁂ A rare copy at auction of the first English translation of l'Escole Parfaite des Officiers de Bouches, 1662. Bitting notes that the 'translation is much scarcer than the original'. Includes frog and tortoise tarts and directions for folding napkins.

Bread.- Photobook.- Simmons (Owen) The Book of Bread, first edition, one of 350 deluxe copies (with list of subscribers at end), 10 tipped-in silver bromide prints, 12 chromolithographed plates, advertisements at end, silver bromide prints with silvering and a few creased at lower inner corner, some spotting or foxing, mostly marginal, occasional staining, original black crushed morocco, gilt, rebacked in in black modern morocco, gilt spine in compartments and with a red leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p. 435; Parr & Badger The Photobook, I, 56], 4to, Maclaren & Sons, [1903].⁂ 'one of the humblest, yet most essential of objects is catalogued as precisely, rigorously and objectively as any work by a 1980s Conceptual artist' (Martin Parr in The Photobook).

Smith (Robert) Court Cookery: or, the Compleat English Cook, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lower corner of title and A2&3 with small piece torn away, just touching printed border of title, but with no loss of text, foxing and staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.440; Cagle 1001; Maclean p.137; Oxford p.55; Vicaire 794], 8vo, Printed for T. Wotton, at the Three Daggers in Fleet-Street, 1723.⁂ The author describes himself as 'Cook (under Mr. Lamb) to King William; as also the Dukes of Buckingham, Ormond, D'Aumont...'.Provenance: 'Mrs Crockford, 1781' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

NO RESERVE Schraemli copy.- [Spörlein (Margarete)] Oberrheinisches Kochbuch zum nutzen und vergnügen für junge Hausmütter und Töchter, die in der Kunst zu kochen und einzumachen einige Geschicklichkeit erlangen wollen, first edition, 52pp. contemporary manuscript recipes at end, foxed and stained, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine ends and edges worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Weiss Gastronomia 3664 (note); cf. Horn-Arndt 599], rare in commerce, Mulhouse, Joh. Rissler, 1811; and a defective German work, 8vo & small folio (2)⁂ Provenance: Harry Schraemli (2 bookplates).

NO RESERVE Agriculture & Veterinary.- Boutrolle (J. G.) Le parfait bouvier, ou, Instruction concernant la connoissance des boeufs & vaches ... On y a joint deux petits traités pour les moutons & porcs, 2 parts in 1 (second part paginated separately), title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking approbation ff. at end, G7&8 upper corners torn, not affecting text, Rouen, Widow & J.J. Besonge, 1766 bound after [Rose (Louis)] La Bonne fermière, third edition, half-title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 3pp. approbation at end, [cf. Cagle 411 & Livres en bouche 159], Lille, J.B. Henry, 1769, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or staining, mostly lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red and black morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, 12mo⁂ The second mentioned was one of the first French works to note the valuable contribution of women farmworkers.

Taylor (E.) The Lady's, housewife's, and cookmaid's assistant: or, the art of cookery explained and adapted to the meanest capacity, first edition, list of subscribers, 4pp. typographic bills of fare and marketing tables at end, lacking first f. of subscriber's list (A2), printed date erased from foot of title, B3 short tear / printing flaw at outer margin, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense of text, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, gilt spine in compartments and with later (to style) red leather label (chipped), head of spine and 1 upper corner worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.457; Maclean p.140; Oxford p.100], 12mo, Berwick upon Tweed, Printed by H. Taylor, for R. Taylor, bookseller, 1769.⁂ Rare. We can trace only one copy at auction (Hroar Dege Collection, Sotheby's, 2005, part of lot 272, and again Sotheby's Books for Cooks, 2010, lot 64).

Bourbon diet.- Le Thresor de santé, ou Mesnage de la vie humaine divisé en dix livres, lesquels traictent amplement de toutes sortes de Viandes & Breuvages, ensemble leur qualité & préparation, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Oo6 colophon recto and woodcut printer's device verso, marginal worm trace to foot of sig.X, trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 18th century mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with brown leather label, head of spine and upper corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.607; Cagle 424 (note); Livres en bouche 82; Notaker 614; Simon BG 1462; Vicaire 834-835], 8vo, Lyon, [Étienne Servain for] Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1607.⁂ Rare first edition of this work on food and drink in the reign of Henri IV, which includes 'Recipes for the making of a number of different wines; also cider, perry and cordials' (Simon).

Wallace (James) The Confectioner's Guide and Ladies' and Housekeeper's Instructor being a grand display of pastry, in a variety of forms: also confectionary; Iceing, candying, preserving, jelly-making, sugar-boiling, colouring, &c. &c., title with neat marginal tear at foot, brown staining to inner title, advertisement and a few other ff. from previous tape repairs, with no loss of text, some spotting or light light staining, original engraved architectural wrappers bound in, publisher's advertisements to rear wrapper, torn at outer corners with loss, little soiled, laid down, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, gilt, spine with red leather label, [cf. Oxford p.159 (Leeds imprint in same year) & Simon BG 1594 (10th edition, Bungay, 1831)], 12mo, J. Smith, Printer, 193 High Holborn, [1st July, 1826 (date of 'Advertisement' at end)].⁂ A rare little work. It is difficult to establish a sequence for the early editions with their different imprints. All carry an advertisement from the author stating that the particular printing is a reaction to high demand. The matter is further complicated by the fact that we find no edition before 1826 to help us to establish the first edition. No copy of this J. Smith imprint was found on WorldCat or Library Hub.

Manchester printed.- Young Woman's Companion (The): Or, Frugal Housewife. Containing the Most Approved Methods of Pickling, Preserving, Potting, Collaring, Confectionary, Managing and Colouring Foreign Wines and Spirits, making English Wines, first edition, 6 engraved bills of fare / plates of carving, 1 carving plate foxed / damp-stained, Tt2&3 detaching, Tt3 with a short marginal tear, some offsetting from plates, staining or spotting, occasional foxing, lightly browned, modern half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, [Cagle 1074; Oxford, p. 140; Simon 1638 (note)], 8vo, Manchester, Printed by Russell and Allen, Deansgate, 1811.

Hops.- Bradley (Richard) The riches of a hop-garden explain'd, from the several improvements arising by that beneficial plant: as well to the private cultivators of it, as to the publick. With the observations and remarks of the most celebrated hop-planters in Britain, 'second edition', half-title with advertisements verso, engraved frontispiece (tightly bound in), a few small woodcut illustrations in text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked in 20th century brown morocco, corners little worn, rubbed, [Fussell p.113; Goldsmiths' 6838; Henrey 506; cf. Hunt 477 & Perkins 221 (first edition)], 8vo, Printed for D. Browne, at the Black Swan, without Temple-Bar, [c.1733].⁂ Rare at auction. A reissue of the first edition of 1729 with new title page and half-title. Bradley was a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1724 was elected the first Professor of Botany at Cambridge. Henrey says that he was 'outstanding for his versatility'.

Briggs (Richard) The English art of cookery, according to the present practice; being a complete guide to all housekeepers, on a plan entirely new, first edition, 12 engraved bills of fare for the months of the year, piece from outer margin of a2 and O5, the latter just affecting 2 letters recto, but with no loss of sense of text, water-stained, occasional spotting or light staining, antique style calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with 18th century red morocco label, [Bitting p.60 (note); Cagle 577; Maclean pp.15-16; Oxford pp.115-116 (note)], 8vo, Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788.⁂ Briggs is described on the title as 'Many years cook at the Globe Tavern, Fleet-Street, the White Hart Tavern, Holborn, and now at the Temple Coffee-House, London'.

Briggs (Richard) The English art of cookery, according to the present practice; being a complete guide to all housekeepers, on a plan entirely new, first Dublin edition, 24pp. of typographic bills of fare, some water-staining (mostly at end), foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine (gilt text faded), spine creased and with small chip at head, upper joint splitting, but holding, upper corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Maclean pp.15-16; cf. Bitting p.60 & Oxford pp.115-116], scarce, large 12mo, Dublin, Printed for P. Byrne, 1791.⁂ Provenance: 'Miss Lydia Rigby, Leasowe Castle, Nov. 21st, 1820'.

Briggs (Richard) The New art of cookery; according to the present practice; being a complete guide to all housekeepers, on a plan entirely new, 'Second American edition, improved', 24 pp. of typographic bills of fare, first two quires and final f. detached (some ff. connected to detached covers), title with chipping to upper and inner margins, affecting part of 1 letter, 2A6 tear to lower corner within text, but without loss, 2F6 small piece torn away from outer margin, not affecting text, foxing and staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, covers detached, spine ends little worn, some staining, marked and rubbed, [Bitting p.60 (note); Evans 33458; Lowenstein 25; Maclean pp.15-16; cf. Oxford pp.115-116], large 12mo, Boston, Printed [?by Samuel Ethridge (suggested by Evans)], for W. Spotswood, 1798.⁂ Rare at auction. The first (1792) and second American editions (1798) were first published in Philadelphia.

Carême (Antonin) The Royal Parisian pastrycook and confectioner, edited by John Porter, first edition in English, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 8 plates of ornate cakes and jellies, all but 1 folding, title and following advertisement f. neatly detached, folding plates with sections of light browning, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, upper hinge split, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, little chipped at spine ends, corners little worn, cocked, [Oxford p.168; Simon BG 284; cf. Vicaire 144 (first edition, 1815)], 8vo, F.J. Mason, 1834.⁂ Scarce first edition in English of Le Pâtissier Royal Parisien, Paris, 1815.

Wine.- Chaptal (Jean-Antoine, Comte de Chantel) L'art de faire, gouverner et perfectionner les vins, first edition (issue with 'quai des Augustins, no.29' (later issues have no.38), mention of the printer Marchant on title and the contents f. at end unpaginated), half-title, some spotting, printer's waste used in binding, contemporary drab wrappers bound in, 20th century red calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with dark green leather label, spine faded, [Bitting p.83 (note); Cagle 131a; Oberlé Fastes 949 & cf. 950 (second issue); Oberlé Bachique 118; Simon Vinaria p.18; Vicaire 164 (note)], 8vo, Paris, Delalain Fils, Libraire, quai des Augustins, no.29. De l'Imprimerie de Marchant, 1801.⁂ First edition of this important treatise, in which Chaptal covers all stages of wine production from the setting of a vineyard through to the harvest, fermentation, bottling and ageing.

Wine.- Chaptal (Jean-Antoine, Comte de Chantel), François Rozier, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier & Louis Dussieux. Traité théorique et pratique sur la culture de la vigne, avec l'art de faire le vin, les eaux-de-vie, esprit-de-vin, vinaigres simples et composés, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 21 engraved plates of varieties of wine grapes and apparatus, of which 3 folding, 3 folding letterpress tables, vol.1 some water-staining (mostly at start), and some marginal worming in sigs.T-Y, both vol. spotted, occasional staining, lightly browned, later pink wrappers, typed labels to upper wrapper and spines, 2 covers detaching, spines faded and with splitting, the odd short tear, [Cagle 132; Oberlé Bachique 116; Simon Vinaria p.18], 8vo, Paris, Delalain, fils, 1801.⁂ 'On peut dire que la publication de cet ouvrage a fait changer de face l'industrie vinicole' (Oberlé).

Cook (Ann) Professed cookery: containing boiling, roasting, pastry, preserving, potting, pickling, made-wines, gellies, and part of confectionaries, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, lacking half-title, title little chipped at foot (with loss of 1 letter of imprint) and lower third laid down, some damp-staining at foot (mostly at start), spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, worn, but holding reasonably firm, [Bitting p.98; Maclean p.35; cf. Cagle 629 (first edition and note); Oxford pp.91-92 and Simon BG 383], 8vo, [Newcastle upon Tyne], Printed for the author, and sold at her house in the Groat-market, 1755.⁂ Scarce. The opening 68pp. are a vitriolic attack on the author's arch rival Hannah Glasse and her The Art of Cookery. Provenance: Alastair Robb-Smith (1908-2000), Oxford pathologist and bibliophile, who once delivered a lecture on Hannah Glasse to fellow bibliophiles at Balliol College (bookplate); The Simon Hall Collection of Cookery Books, sold Dominic Winter, 27th January, 2005, lot 43.

Cooper (Joseph) The art of cookery refin'd and augmented. Containing an abstract of some rare and rich unpublished receipts of cookery, first edition, 3 small woodcuts of pie shapes in text, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title with lower corner cut away, with loss to imprint (including date), and laid down (not obscuring any text verso), H4 (signed H5) with repair at foot, obscuring a couple of letters, last few ff. little chipped / closely trimmed, some foxing, stained, lightly browned throughout, 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards, computer printed paper label to spine, [Oxford p.25; Wing C6055], 12mo, Printed by J.G. for R. Lowndes at the White-lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard, neer the West end, [1654].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording BL and Bodleian copies only, and no copies being added by WorldCat. An extensive little work, which deals with all manner of savoury and sweet dishes, including a number of pies and tarts.Provenance: 'Barbara Newton' (early ink name to head of A2).

Corrado (Vincenzo) Il Credenziere di Buon Gusto, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title and woodcut printer's device within woodcut decorative border, engraved folding plate of a desert table, 12pp. 18th century (?part work) 'Brieve e nuovo modo da sarsi ogni sorte di Sorbette con facilta' bound in at p.15, 8pp. 18th century manuscript 'Addizioni al Credenziere' bound in at end (paginated 66-73), folding plate trimmed at outer margin, just within border, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, edges repaired with fragments of vellum and tape, [B.IN.G 546; Bitting p.101; Cagle 1127; Paleari Henssler p.202; Westbury p.57, B.[1]], 4to, Naples, House of Raimondi, 1778.⁂ Rare at auction. Corrado (1736-1836) was the first to write on what we today think of as 'Mediterranean Cuisine'. He was encouraged to do so by the Prince of Francavilla, for whom he acted as 'Capo dei Servizi di Bocca'.

Adulteration.- Accum (Friedrich) A Treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons, exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee..., second edition, engraved title vignette, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 20th century green buckram, spine gilt, [Bitting p.2 (note); Oxford pp.150-151 (note); cf. Cagle 532 & Simon BG 17 (first edition)], Longman, Hurst [& others], 1820; and 11 others, Adulteration & Chemistry, including a first edition of Accum's Culinary Chemistry, 1821, lacking frontispiece, but otherwise complete, v.s. (12)

Household management.- [Cosnett (Thomas)], "Onesimus". The Footman's directory, and butler's remembrancer, first edition, half-title, half-title detaching, foxing and staining, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding, worn, [Oxford p.153; cf. Attar 368.1], Printed for the author; and sold by J. Hatchard and Son, 1823 § Parkes ([Frances Byerley]) Domestic Duties; or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies, on the Management of Their Households..., second edition, half-title, folding letterpress table, wood-engraved illustrations in text, tipped-in at start a 12pp. 'Prospectus and specimen of the modern traveller', 1825, printed on lilac paper, occasional spotting, original boards, rebacked in cream cloth, spine with rather worn original printed label, boards stained, [Attar 221.1; Cagle 914; cf. Oxford p.157], Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1825; and 14 others, Household, v.s. (16)

NO RESERVE Cocktails.- Craddock (Harry) The Savoy Cocktail Book, first edition, later impression with half-title and title not paginated and no errata slip, printed in black and colours with illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, pictorial endpapers, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original art deco boards in black, gold and green, lacking backstrip, crudely replaced with tape, corners worn, rubbed, Constable & Company Ltd., 1930; and a 1931 reprint of the same, 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Digby (Sir Kenelm) The Closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. opened: whereby is discovered several ways for making of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine, &c. Together with excellent directions for cookery: as also for preserving, conserving, candying, &c., first edition, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 19th century recipes for wines to front free endpaper, lacking portrait frontispiece, L6 torn with loss of text, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, 19th century purple cloth, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip with earlier black leather label, little rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.124; Cagle 654a.; Oxford p.34; Simon BG 502; Wing D1427], 8vo, Printed by E[llen]. C[otes]. for H. Brome, at the Star in Little Britain, 1669.

[Dombes (Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Prince de)] Le Cuisinier gascon, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, spotted, occasional staining, lightly browned, [Bitting p.540; Cagle 1081; Livres en bouche 202; Simon BG 421; Vicaire 233-234; cf. Oberlé Fastes 112 (second edition of 1747)], Amsterdam [i.e Paris], no printer, 1740 bound after [Marin (François)] Les Dons de Comus, ou les délices de la table, first edition, engraved frontispiece 'Les attributs de la Bonne-Chere' by Le Bas, title in red and black and with small vase ornament, frontispiece trimmed just within border at outer margin, Z4 piece torn from outer margin, with loss of 2 letters, but no loss of sense of text, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, [Bitting pp.307-308; Cagle 301; Livres de bouche 198; Oberlé Fastes 108; Simon BG 1001; Vicaire 284-285], Paris, Prault, fils, Quay de Conty, 1739, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with chipped leather label, remains of gilt arms to compartment at foot, spine ends and corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, large 12mo⁂ I: Louis-Auguste, to whom the work is dedicated (probably to throw people off the scent of the identity of the author), was a hunting companion of Louis XV, and often presided over the royal 'petits soupers', earning himself praise as a skilled amateur cook. 'The names given to the recipes indicate that the writer gave free scope to his imagination' (Bitting). II: Marin was Maître d'Hôtel to Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise.

Coffee, tea & chocolate.- Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre) Traitez nouveaux & curieux du Café, du Thé et du Chocolate, first complete edition, engraved additional pictorial title, printed title in red and black and with small woodcut ornament, 3 engraved plates / full-page illustrations, each at the start of a section, engraved vignettes and historiated initials, final f. blank, E7v ink stain within text (legible), occasional spotting, water-stained, lightly browned, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, ?spine ends repaired (if so well done), rubbed, [Bitting p.134; Cagle 169; Livres en bouche 130; Mueller p.67; Oberle Fastes 733; Vicaire 293], 12mo, Lyon, Jean Girin & B. Riviere, 1685.

Bread.- Acton (Eliza) The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, Adapted to Families of Every Grade, first edition, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, a few wood-engraved illustrations within text, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some ink underlining to K2r, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, original terracotta front endpapers, the free of these with advertisements, later plain rear endpapers, the free of these with a later ms. index, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners worn, lightly stained, rubbed, [Bitting p.3; Cagle 537; Simon BG 25], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.⁂ First edition of this influential work.

Coffee, tea & chocolate.- John Coakley Lettsom's copy.- Duncan (Daniel) Wholesome advice against the abuse of hot liquors, particularly of coffee, chocolate, tea, brandy, and strong-waters, first edition in English, water-stained, foxed, mostly lightly browned throughout, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in modern calf in compartments with a leather label, corners restored, rubbed, [Cagle 655; Maclean p.39; Simon, BG 534 & Vinaria p.189; Goldsmiths', 4367], 8vo, Printed for H. Rhodes at the Star, the Corner of Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet, and A. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhil, near the Royal-Exchange, 1706.⁂ An excellent association copy. John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815), English physician, abolitionist and philanthropist. He wrote on matters relating to drink, horticulture and servants, including History of some of the effects of hard drinking, 1789, and The Natural history of the tea-tree, 1772 (worn engraved bookplate to front pastedown).

Ellis (William) The country housewife's family companion: or profitable directions for whatever relates to the management and good oeconomy of the domestick concerns of a country life, first edition, engraved frontispiece of a farmyard, advertisement f. at end, water-stained, spotted, a few ownership ink stamps, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with red morocco label, chipped and creased, corners restored, covers marked, [Bitting p.143; Cagle 664; Maclean p.43; Oxford pp.79-80; Simon BG 588; Fussell II, p.11; Perkins 559], 8vo, Printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, facing St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge; and B. Collins, bookseller, at Salisbury, 1750.⁂ Includes the making of dairy products, soups, sauces and beers and the breeding of poultry and pigs.

Evelyn (John) Acetaria. A discourse of sallets, first edition, folding letterpress table of blanched and unblanched salad greens, lacking errata f., table with split at a fold (with loss of a part or a whole of a few letters, but with no loss of sense) and creased, browned / foxed (as often), early 18th century speckled calf, spine in compartments, lacking label, joints split, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.149; Cagle 669; Henrey 117; Hunt 401; Keynes 105; Oxford p.46; Wing E3480], 8vo, Printed for B. Tooke, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1699.⁂ On the growing, preparation and medicinal properties of salads. 'It is a cookery-garden book with excellent recipes for unusual dishes of all sorts flavored with the ever useful pot herbs grown so universally in the 17th century' (Hunt).

NO RESERVE Evelyn (John) Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets, first edition, errata f. at end, part only of letterpress table (the whole thing provided in facsimile), browned / foxed (as often), 18th century panelled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with red leather label, corners little worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.149; Cagle 669; Keynes 105; Oxford p.46; Wing E3480], 8vo, Printed for B. Tooke, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1699. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Provenance: 'J N' (contemporary ink initials to head of title); 'Everard Bucknorth' (contemporary ink signatures, including to head of A1).

NO RESERVE American.- Filippini (Alessandro) The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook it, and How to Serve it, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 2 full-page facsimiles of letters between the author and his publisher, lightly browned, original blind-stamped and gilt roan, backstrip detached and loosely inserted in 2 parts, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.157], New York, Charles L. Webster, 1889; and 7 others, American, v.s. (8)

Gernon copy.- Fontenelle (Julia de) Manuel théorique et pratique du vinaigrier et du moutardier, suivi de nouvelles recherches sur la fermentation vineuse, first edition, lacking half-title, title repaired at inner margin, affecting the first letter of 3 lines, p.143 upper inner corner torn with loss of the odd letter, but no loss of sense, some spotting and light staining, red morocco armorial bookplate of John Talbot Gernon, contemporary dark green morocco backed-marbled boards, spine gilt, backstrip detached and loosely inserted, [Bitting pp.161-162 (note); Cagle 251; Vicaire 470], scarce, Paris, Roret, 1827 § Poutet (Jean-Joseph-Étienne) Traité sur l'art de perfectionner le sirop et le sucre de raisin, first edition, dedication f. to Parmentier, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine with grape and vine leaf motifs and a red morocco label, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Oberlé Fastes 816], Marseille, Jean Mossy, 1811; and 16 others, French, including an extracted section on cheese-making from the Encyclopédie with 4 engraved plates, v.s. (18)

Westbury-Dege copy.- Adam's luxury, and Eve's cookery; or, the kitchen-garden display'd, first edition, half-title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners worn, little stained and scratched, [Bitting p.514; Cagle 541; Maclean p.3; Oxford p.74; Simon BG 64], 12mo, Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; and sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row, 1744.⁂ A rare work at auction; our copy with an impeccable provenance. Provides a wide selection of savoury and sweet dishes using seasonal ingredients, the majority of which are vegetarian. Provenance: Joanna and Joanna Louisa Knight (grandmother and granddaughter) (contemporary ink inscriptions to half-title); Lord Westbury, sold Sotheby's, 15th & 16th February, 1965, lot 4 (bookplate to front pastedown); Hroar Dege, sold Sotheby's, 9th June, 2005, lot 152; Books for Cooks, sold Sotheby's, 15th July, 2010, lot 65 (flag loosely inserted).

[Glasse (Hannah)], "A Lady". The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, list of subscribers, piece torn away from upper inner margin of title (loosely inserted), first 3 ff. of contents with marginal loss to the same area, first quire detached, G1 small piece from outer margin, with loss of part of 1 letter, water-stained, occasional spotting / damp-spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding, worn, [Bitting pp.186-187; Maclean pp.59-61; Oxford pp.76-77; Vicaire 48], folio, Printed for the author; and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's, a China-Shop, Corner of Fleet-Ditch, 1747.⁂ A cornerstone of any collection of English cookery books; here with an excellent Alderney provenance. Our copy conforms to Marcus Crahan's description of the first issue (16pp. preliminaries rather than 20, without notice of second place of sale, without O2 and with the price of 6 [pence] entered by hand on title). The work includes one of the first English recipes for 'Currey the India Way'. Provenance: John Le Mesurier (1781-1843), soldier and last hereditary Governor of Alderney (engraved armorial bookplate and ink signature to title); 'Augusta Diana Lane, the gift of her mother Eliz. Lane, born Le Mesurier, Sept. 27th, 1827' (ink inscription to head of A2).

Glasse (Hannah) The Compleat confectioner: or, the whole art of confectionary made plain and easy, first edition, first issue (with Mrs. Ashburner's in imprint), facsimiles of author's signature to end of dedication and at head of first f. of text, worming to lower margins, some water-staining at foot (mostly at start), occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, lower joint starting, but holding firm, some staining and marking, [Bitting p.190 (note); Cagle 707; Maclean pp.61-62; Oxford p.90; Simon BG 774], 8vo, Printed: And Sold at Mrs. Ashburner's China Shop, the Corner of Fleet Ditch...By I. Pottinger, at the Royal Bible, in Pater-Noster Row; and by J. Williams, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street, [c.1760].⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being the Cetus copy at Bloomsbury Auctions, 22nd September, 2011 (lot 148).

Pineapples.- Griffin (William) A treatise on the culture of the pine-apple, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, wood-engraved tail-pieces, final f. blank, 19th century ink note to foot of half-title attributing authorship to Andrew Smith 'Gardener at Little Woodhouse 4 months in which time the Pine Plants flourished', library ink stamp and biro numbers to verso of title, small library ink stamp to lower margin verso of final text f., occasional light staining, uncut, original pink parchment-backed marbled boards, original printed label to spine, gilt library numbers near foot of spine, spine chipped, corner worn, rubbed and little scuffed, [cf. Bitting p.201 (second edition)], small 4to, Newark, Printed for the Author, by S. and J. Ridge, 1806.⁂ Rare in commerce. Griffin is described on title as 'Gardener to John Manners Sutton, Esq. Kelham, Nottinghamshire'. Provenance: H.S. Dawson, Notts, 1877 (inscription to head of half-title).

Harrison (Sarah) The House-keeper's pocket-book, and compleat family cook. Containing above three hundred curious and uncommon receipts in cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, candying, collaring, &c., first edition, 20 full-page woodcut bills of fare, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some mostly marginal red staining, touching first word of title, some water-staining and spotting, lightly browned, 20th century morocco, covers from 18th century panelled calf laid down, 18th century burgundy label to spine in compartments, covers rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.217 (note); Maclean p.66; Oxford pp.63-64; cf. Cagle 723 & 724; Simon BG 816 & Vicaire 438 (various editions)], 8vo, Printed for T. Worrall, at Judge Coke's Head, over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, 1733.⁂ Scarce, with ESTC recording four copies, and Library Hub adding three. Much is taken from Edward Kidder (cf. Gilly Lehmann The British Housewife, Prospect Books, 2003, pp.423-424).

NO RESERVE Carving.- Harsdörffer (Georg Philipp) Vollständiges und von neuem vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, 5 parts in 1, engraved additional pictorial title to parts 1 and 4, portrait of the dedicatee Maximilian Wilibald, title to part 2, and 56 (of 58) full-page illustrations, lacking 2 folding plates and C2&3, C1 & E2 near full-length mostly marginal vertical tear, without loss to image or text, text f. U1 large vertical tear, but without loss, Oo3 small piece torn from foot, affecting part of illustration recto, foxing, occasional water-staining, later vellum, yapp edges, these worn, soiled, [Simon BG 817; Weiss Gastronomia 1451; cf. Cagle 469 (first edition)], small oblong 4to, Nuremberg, Christoph Gerhard for Paul Furst, 1665. sold not subject to return.

Preservation.- Appert (Nicolas) The Art of Preserving all kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years, second edition in English, engraved folding frontispiece, advertisement f. at end, lacking half-title, frontispiece offsetting on to title, some foxing, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and preserving original red leather label, [Bitting p.14; Vicaire 35 (erroneously calling it the first edition in English); cf. Cagle 545, Simon BG 135 & Oxford p.141], Printed for Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, 1812 § Robinson (James) The Whole Art Of Curing, Pickling, and Smoking Meat and Fish...With Useful Miscellaneous Receipts And Full Directions For The Construction Of An Economical Drying-Chimney and Apparatus, first edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional spotting or finger-marking, lightly browned, hinges little weak, original blind-stamped cloth, spine titled in gilt, spine ends and corners little frayed, rubbed, cocked, [Bitting p.401; Cagle 967; Oxford p.177-178; Simon BG 1298], Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847; and another, similar, 8vo (3)

Hartman (George) The True preserver and restorer of health: being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers...Together with Excellent directions for cookery; as also for preserving, and conserving, and making all sorts of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine, &c., 3 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut plate of distillation equipment at Aa4, stained throughout (text legible), closely trimmed at head, occasionally affecting a headline, 18th century speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with later paper ms. title label, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Cagle 727; Oxford pp.41-42; Wing H1004; cf. Bitting p.218 & Vicaire 438 (2nd edition)], 8vo, Printed by T. B[raddyll], for the author and are to be sold at his house in Hewes-Court in Black-Friers, 1682.⁂ Rare at auction. Hartman had been steward to Sir Kenelm Digby, the true author of most of the recipes. Our copy with 'Chyrurgeons' on line 11 and 'Cherry-Wine' on line 18 of general title. Very occasionally found with a second folding woodcut plate.

NO RESERVE Herbal.- Hill (John) The useful family herbal. Or, an account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues: And of the Drugs, which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries, first edition, 8 engraved plates, c3 short tear without loss of text, some foxing and staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, with double black leather labels, corners repaired, covers little marked, [Henrey 823, bis; Hunt 551; Pritzel 4062], 8vo, Printed for W. Johnston, in St. Paul's-Church-Yard, and W. Owen, near Temple-Bar, 1754.⁂ The physician Hill produced the first Linnaean flora of Britain. Provenance: George Bond (engraved armorial bookplate); 'John Thresher, 1806' (inscription to head of A2).

World cuisines.- [Hochheim (Amalia von)] A Handbook of foreign cookery, principally French, German and Danish. Intended as a companion to all English cookery books, second edition, title printed in red and black, occasional pencil marginalia / passage marking, title chipped at lower corner, some spotting and staining, occasional creasing, lightly browned, original green cloth, rebacked in 20th century brown calf, spine in compartments, cloth stained, rubbed, Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1849; and 8 others, world cuisines, v.s. (9)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with Library Hub / WorldCat recording a BL copy only. It is not found in the standard bibliographies.

Jenks (James) The Complete Cook: teaching the Art of Cookery in all its branches; And to Spread a Table, In a Useful, Substantial and Splendid Manner, At all Seasons in the Year...With an appendix teaching the art of making wine, Mead; Cyder, Shrub, Strong, Cordial and Medical Waters; Brewing Malt Liquot; The Management and Breeding of Poultry and Bees, first edition, tables, a few contemporary juvenile pen trials, H8 and N12 margin at lower corner excised, just touching text, but without loss, the odd short tear, foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, chipped at ends and repaired, 1 lower corner repaired, some creasing, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.245; Cagle 780; Maclean p.75; Oxford pp.97-98], large 12mo, Printed for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1768.⁂ Scarce. Suggests snail water as a cure for consumption.

NO RESERVE Jennings (James) Two Thousand Five Hundred Practical Recipes in Family Cookery; in which the Whole Art of Preparing Food and Drink for the Human Stomach is Simplified and Explained...With an Introduction on the Duties of Cooks and other Servants, first edition, engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations in text, 24pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end, some spotting / foxing and staining, modern pale calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, [Bitting pp.245-246; Cagle 781; cf. Simon BG 885 (1844 edition)], Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1837; and his Family Cyclopædia (not collated), 12mo & large 8vo (2)

Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's present: or, every young woman's companion, in useful and universal Knowledge, fourth edition, final advertisement f., price trimmed from foot of imprint and new price mounted on lower margin of next f. to show through, C2 very short tear within text at foot, with loss of a letter, H3 section torn from outer margin, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense of text, a few very short tears within text, but with no loss, stained, some foxing, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, sympathetically rebacked, corners restored, [Bitting p.247 (note); Oxford p.83 (note); cf. Maclean p.77 (first edition)], 12mo, printed for W. Nicoll in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1766.⁂ Rare. We cannot trace a copy at auction. First published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion; or servants-maid assistant.

[Atkyns (Arabella, pseudonym)] The Family magazine...Containing useful directions in all the branches of house-keeping and cookery...Part II. Containing a compendious body of physick, 2 parts in 1, first edition, double column, a few woodcut bills of fare within text, pagination for pp.81/82 removed with small stab hole, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, lacking label, foot of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.550; Cagle 673; Maclean p.49; Oxford pp.71-72; Simon BG 658], 8vo, Printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row, 1741.⁂ Simon suggests that the author's need for a pseudonym was because she was 'the first woman to dare deal in print with maladies which ladies were not supposed to know anything about'.

[Kettilby (Mary), compiler] A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses, first edition, half-title, final f. blank, foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments, joints split, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, some staining, rubbed, [Cagle 789; Maclean pp.79-82; Oxford p.54; Simon BG 904 (note)], 8vo, Printed for Richard Wilkin, at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1714.⁂ Kettilby recommended her book to the clergy, especially those in remote parishes.

NO RESERVE Cocktails.- [Knowles (Frederic Lawrence)] The Cocktail book. A sideboard manual for gentlemen, first English edition, printed in red and black, half-title, spotted, mostly at ends, partly unopened, original red cloth, blind-tooled cocktail glasses pattern and gilt lettering to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, spine faded, some marking and light soiling, 8vo, John Macqueen, 1902.⁂ Scarce in commerce.