(FOOD and DRINK) Christian Womens Exchange of New Orleans co

Sale 2105 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 2,400

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

SCARCE NEW ORLEANS CREOLE COOK BOOK (FOOD and DRINK.) Christian Women's Exchange of New Orleans, compilers. The Creole Cookery Book. Frontispiece engraving of an African-American cook. Small 8vo, original 1/4 black morocco and gilt-pictorial cloth; some wear to the tips and spine; early ownership signatures; recipes loosely laid in; 16 pages of advertisements at the rear for various New Orleans businesses and newspapers; section of blank, lined paper for notes etc. unused. New Orleans: T. H. Thomason, 1885

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first and only edition. "The object of the Christian Women's Exchange, in the publication of this volume is to provide funds for the purchase or erection of a building to meet demands of their constantly increasing business. The recipes which make up the collection are the contributions of housekeepers experienced in the science of cookery as practiced throughout the South and particularly as it is understood and applied by the Creoles of Louisiana." Not in Bitting, or any of the other standard references consulted.