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1733 · ref. 026428 — London: Charles Rivington 1733. Fourth Edition Revised . Full Paneled Calf. Very Good. 8" Tall. Engraved Frontispiece By J Pine. Fourth Edition "Much Improved". Unpaginated But Complete A1-Q6 With One Page Ad Printed On Verso Of Last Leaf. Contains: Two Page Leaf "Domestic Brewing - Cheap Beer" A Two Page Recipe Printed By Maurice & Co.; Frontispiece; Title; Four Page Dedication 'To All Good Housewives";"Some Divertissements In Cookery" 2 Pp; Text Unpaginated 560 Pp. With Unfortunate Section "To Fry Maids" Corrected In Pencil To "Meats" I Think It's A Typo But Alphabetically It Is Under The Correct Place For "Maids" Rather Than For "Meats" And "Maids" Is Repeated In The Recipe So Perhaps A Joke Recipes; Miscellaneous Sections At Rear Including Index 31 Pp. There Are A Few Pencil Words On The First Page Of The "Menus" Section Immediately Following The Main Text. Original Paneled Calf With "T. Pitt" Stamped At Center Probably The Grandson Of Thomas "Diamond" Pitt And With Ownership Information "Thomas Pitt 1817 The Gift Of Miss Foljambe" On Front Pastedown And Another Similar Note "Thomas Pitt The Gift Of Miss Foljambe 1810" At Top Of Title Page. Recently Re-Backed To Style Five Bands Original Morocco Label Laid Down On Spine Gilt Rules And Decorations In Each Compartment. Pages Clean And Square Somewhat Crisp Apparently Unread Or Lightly Read. Most Recently The Copy Of Robert Balzer Los Angeles Food And Wine Expert From His Library With A Half-Page Of Stationary From His Tirol Restaurant In Idyllwild Which Had Been Used As A Bookmark. Charles Rivington unknown