Lot 113
  • 113

English Cookery Books--

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Description

  • Collection of 19 nineteenth-century volumes, mostly in original bindings, comprising:
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Accum, F. Culinary Chemistry. London: Ackermann, 1821, 12mo, hand-coloured frontispiece and title-page, later boards--Kitchiner, W. The Cook's Oracle... a new edition... London: for Cadell, 1829, 8vo, original boards--[Rundell, M.E.K.] A New System of Domestic Cookery... new edition. London: Murray, 1822, 8vo, frontispiece and nine plates, later boards--Gains, T. A Complete System of Cookery... London: Weston, 1838, 12mo, modern half morocco--[Hochheim, A. von]. A handbook of foreign cookery, principally French, German and Danish... second edition. London: for Washbourne, 1849, 12mo, original cloth, some spotting and browning, binding worn--[Anon]. The New Family Receipt-Book... London: Murray, 1810, 12mo, original morocco with new spine--Henderson, W.A. The Housekeeper's Instructor... the fifteenth edition... London: Stratford, 1809, 8vo, 11 plates, original tree calf with new spine--[Hunter, A.] Culina Famulatrix Medicinae... the third edition. York: Mawman, 1806, modern half morocco, spotting and browning--Gouffé, J. The Royal Cookery Book... London: Sampson Low et al, 1868, small 4to, 16 coloured plates, original morocco gilt, gilt edges--together with 10 others (19)

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Gouffé, Jules. The Royal Cookery Book (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868)
Hunter, A. ed. Culina Famulatrix Medicinae... third edition... (Mawman, 1806)
Accum, Fredrick. Culinary Chemistry (R. Ackermann, 1821)
Kitchiner, William. The Cooks Oracle... a new edition... (Cadell and Co., 1829)
[Anon]. A New System of Domestic Cookery... a new edition, corrected... (John Murray, 1822)
Gains, T. A Complete System of Cookery (J. Weston, 1838)
Kochheim, Amalia v. A Handbook of Foreign Cookery, Principally French, German, and Danish... second edition... (Henry Washbourne, 1849)
[Anon]. The New Family Receipt-Book (John Murray, 1810)
Henderson, W. A. The Housekeeper's Instructor... the fifteenth edition... (J. Stratford, 1809)
Garrett, Theodore Francis ed. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Volume I – A-M... Vol I, Aba – Dam... (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis ed. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Volume I – A-M... Vol II, Dan – Mut... (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis ed. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Volume II – N-Z, Menus, and Index... vol III, Nan – Ser... (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis ed. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Volume II – N-Z, Menus, and Index... vol IV, Sha – Zwe... (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
[Anon]. Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery, Volume I (Cassell Petter & Galphin, n.d.)
[Anon]. Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery, Volume II (Cassell Petter & Galphin, n.d.)
Soyer, A. The Gastronomic Regenerator (Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1846)
[Anon]. The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare... fifth edition... Chapman and Hall, n.d.)
Davidson, Mrs. Hugh Coleman. Egg Dainties: How to Cook Eggs in 150 Ways... second edition... (L. Uppcott Gill, 1899)
Roberts, Emma ed. A New System of Domestic Cookery... sixty-fourth edition... (John Murray, 1840)