(FOOD AND DRINK) [Simmons Amelia] American Cookery or The Ar

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(FOOD AND DRINK.) [Simmons, Amelia.] American Cookery, or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables . . . By an American Orphan. 12mo, contemporary 1/4 calf, moderate wear but lacking most of the marbled paper over the boards; front hinge split, moderate foxing and dampstaining, leaves A4 and A5 defective with some loss of text; early owner's pencil inscription on front free endpaper. Poughkeepsie, NY, 1815

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Eighth edition of the first cookbook to be written and published in the United States; it first appeared in 1796. Cagle 705; Lowenstein 68.