Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
[KITCHINER, WILLIAM.] The Cook's Oracle; containing Receipts for Plain Cookery. 12mo, later 1/2 black morocco, front joint worn; uncut. Edinburgh, 1822

Additional Details

Fourth edition of a work first published in 1817 as Apicius Redivivus, "the most famous of Kitchiner's numerous cookery books . . . an acknowledged source of inspiration for Mrs Beeton, and . . . mined by the writers of other household guides" (ODNB). Bitting, page 262; Oxford, page 146.