COOKERY BOOKS. WESTBURY COLLECTION.MareMagnum
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100pp., facsimiles, prices and buyers' names loosely inserted, orig. printed wrappers, 507 lots.
4to, 200pp., coloured illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth, d.w.
First English edition, 12mo (194 x 110mm) xx, [4], 164, [2, explanation of the plate]pp., with half-title, engraved folding plate depicting instruments for corking bottles (lightly spotted), orig. boards, corners rubbed, later printed title label to spine, uncut. The first English edition, the French edition being published a year earlier, of the first book to deal with canned foods. Appert, a Parisian confectioner and manufacturer of cordials, invented the process for the conservation of food by heat in hermetically sealed containers?an invention which was to revolutionise catering technique up to the present day. Includes canning instructions for meat, vegetables and fruits. Bitting, p. 14; Oxford, p. 141; Simon, 135; Cagle, 545.
xviii, 971, [2]pp., orig. cloth, d.w. torn. The works are not merely listed, they also presented with the most meticulous bibliographical details and many of them with very interesting and valuable notes by Vicaire himself.
A new edition, 12mo, iv, [5]-26pp., disbound.
First edition, 8vo (195 x 125mm), viii, 632pp., inner hinges lightly shaken, orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt, small blemish to lower cover, uncut.
Second edition, 8vo (185 x 125mm), xx, 398pp., orig. plum cloth lettered in gilt, spine lightly faded otherwise a very nice copy.
Second edition, 8vo (185 x 125mm), viii, 110pp., frontis., portrait, orig. red cloth lettered in gilt.
8vo (165 x 105mm), vi, 184pp., rebound in later maroon cloth.
First edition, 8vo (195 x 120mm), viii, [2], 162pp., orig. blue cloth, a little stained, spine lettered in gilt.
New edition, [2], ii, 3, [1], xxiii, [1], 271, [1], 46pp., 'On distilling in general' has separate pagination, handsomely bound in half calf by Trevor Lloyd of Ludlow, marbled boards, five raised bands to spine with red morocco title label and tooled in gilt, a very nice copy. It was not until the publication of this new edition that the "Ingenious Foreigner", responsible for the 1770 and 1771 editions, revealed himself as "Mr. Borella, now head confectioner to the Spanish Ambassador in England." All three edition are rare with ESTC recording 7 copies of the first 1770 edition, 1 of the second edition of 1771, and 8 copies of this new and last edition. Maclean, pp. 10-11; Oxford, p. 102; Bitting, p. 49-50; Simon, 227; Cagle, 572.
Fourth edition, with large additions and improvements, 8vo, [4], 304pp., 2 copper-engraved plates, some light staining and toning, cont. calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked, leather spine label lettered in gilt. Provenance: Early ink ownership signature at head of title "Peter Forbes, Schoolmaster, Longforgan, 1819." Maclean, p.55; Bitting, p.167; Cagle 689; Oxford, p.120; Vicaire 375.
Fifth edition, considerably enlarged, 8vo, 310, 22pp., with the 22pp., added chapter at the end entitled 'Men and Manners,' engraved frontis., slightly offset, name erased from title and repaired with archival paper, text lightly age-toned, orig. boards, rebacked with orig. printed spine label laid-down, uncut. Bitting, p.238.
First edition, 8vo, [2], xi, [1], 407, [1]pp., with additional engraved title page, engraved frontispiece and 5 further engraved plates illustrating carving, cont. half calf, marbled boards, rubbed, leather spine label lettered in gilt. Bitting, p.98; Cagle, 635; Oxford, p.167.
First edition, viii, 348pp., 8vo, with 2 plates after Cruikshank, marbled endpapers, cont. half calf, marbled boards, marbled edges, a nice copy. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Heber Marden. Bitting, p.237.
First edition, 8vo, vi, [2], 676pp., engraved frontispiece, a little browned and chipped to blank margins, 11 engraved plates (plate 4 with closed tear), some light staining, recent cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Oxford later editions, not in Bitting or Cagle.
New edition, 8vo, [6], [v]-xix, [1], 491, [1]pp., new endpapers, orig. green cloth, neatly rebacked, red leather spine label lettered in gilt, a nice copy. Bitting, p.262.
First edition, 8vo, 630, [2, adverts]pp., frontis., portrait, 10 engraved plates (the first torn with old repair), some light browning especially towards the end, cont. calf, corners rubbed. The title page continues: "With the respective branches of pastry and confectionary, the art of potting, pickling, preserving, &c., cookery for the sick, and for the poor; directions for carving... Also a collection of valuable family recipes,in dyeing, perfumery, &c. Instructions for brewing, making of British wines, distilling, managing the dairy, and gardening. And an appendix, containing general directions for servants relative to the cleaning of household furniture, floor-cloths, stoves, marble chimney-pieces, &c. forming in the whol a most complete family instructor." Maclean, p.92; Bitting, p297.
Fifteenth edition, corrected, 12mo, viii, [2], 10-231, [29]pp., with the 'A Table to shew when Fish are in season' leaf inserted after page 8, engraved frontispiece, with 10 pages for bill of fare and 8 pages with woodcuts showing table settings, some light foxing, cont. calf, rubbed, rebacked with the orig. spine laid-down. Twelfth Edition, corrected, 12mo, viii,5-203,[1],33,[27]pp., the appendix has separate title-page and pagination, and is entitled 'English housewifery improved; or, a supplement to Moxon's cookery.... The fifth edition, Printed by Thomas Wright, Leeds, 1785', folding table, 6 woodcuts in the text and 2 folding leaves all showing table settings (folding leaves are creased and two torn and repaired on verso), D2 with a closed tear, a little foxed and browned throughout, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine blind-tooled. Maclean, p.105; Oxford, p.78.
New edition, carefully revised, 8vo, [10], 541, [1]pp., engraved frontis., (lightly offset), 7 plates of Bills of Fare printed in green, some occasional foxing, cont. half calf, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked.
8vo (175 x 115 mm), woodcut vignette to title, light staining and age toning throughout, blank fore-edge margin of title page with small chip, disbound, uncut. Rare Cheap Repository tract by Hannah More, aimed through the use of a moral tale at helping less educated and poor women run efficient, economical kitchens which could still provide nutritious food to their families. One of several editions published between 1795 and 1810, all of which are scarce. Maclean, p. 78.
8vo, xiv, [2], 300 + 24pp., of adverts, orig. blind-stamped publishers purple cloth, title stamped in gilt on upper cover, head and foot of spine a little frayed, small hole in cloth on rear cover. Gabler, Wine into Words, G27910.
8vo, 8, [4], 183, [1]pp., two worm pinholes to lower blank margin (not effect text), cont. full tree calf, rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked, spine tooled in gilt, leather spine label, a very good copy. Provenance: Contemporary engraved bookplate of Frances John Davies.
Eleventh edition, carefully revised, 8vo, 24pp., cont. half calf, marbled boards, upper hinge split, red morocco spine label for each title lettered in gilt, (bound with the below.) FELLOWES (William Dorset) Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Packet The Lady Hobart, on an Island of Ice in the Atlantic Ocean, 28th of June 1803... London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1803. Sixth edition, 46, [2]pp. [MILES (William Augustus)] A Letter to the Prince of Wales, on a Second Application to Parliament, to Discharge Debts wantonly contracted since May, 1787. Printed for J. Owen, [1795.] Tenth edition, [4], xxiii, [1], 83, [1]pp. [STEPHEN (James)] The Dangers of the Country. By the Author of War in Disguise. London: Printed for J. Butterworth, 1807. Second edition, xvi, 163, [1]pp.
Small 8vo, 32pp., orig. printed wrappers, a very good copy. JISC locates a single copy at the British Library.