Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 26,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Chapman, Thomas. The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victualler's and Housekeeper's Director. Small 8vo, contemporary wrappers, worn; moderate foxing, unevenly trimmed; early owners' signatures on front wrapper and title page, discreet library release stamp on final page. (JCB) Boston, 1762

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This work was first published in England in 1757, and then issued in both Boston and Philadelphia in 1762. In the cookery realm, it was preceded in America only by the 1742 Williamsburg edition of The Compleat Housewife. Evans 9084; Lowenstein Cookery 2. No copies found at auction since 1917.