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[004889] Glasse, Mrs. [Hannah] The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy; Which Far Exceeds Any Thing of the Kind Yet Published. London: W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, L. Davis, W. Owen, T. Longman, B. Law et al, 1784. Reprint. 8vo. Hardback. Good. [3], ii-vi, [21], 2-409pp, [27]. Contemporary calf boards, later rebacked, smooth back, dived into six panels by gilt single lines, author’s name in gilt to second panel

Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped and worn, with small amounts of loss, minor browning and foxing internally, but generally fairly clean. Former owner’s name and note in ink to head of title, the folding bill of fare is a modern facsimile. With a folding ‘Bill of Fare’ plan for each month, and the printed signature of Glasse to the first page of text

First published in 1747, this was the most popular cookery book of the eighteenth century. This edition also includes ‘Receipts for Perfumery &c.’

Glasse [née Allgood], Hannah (bap. 1708, d. 1770), writer on cookery and costumier (ODNB)

Cagle 704; Maclean, page 60; Oxford, pages 76-77; Simon BG 768; Vicaire, page 414; Wellcome III: 122