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SMITH, ELIZA. The Compleat Housewife . . . Being A Collection of upwards of Six Hundred of the most approved Receiptsin Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials . . . Fifteenth Edition, with Additions. 6 folding engraved plates of bills of fare (the first lightly soiled, with ink smudge and marginal dampstain). [18], 396, xii pages, including engraved frontispiece showing kitchen scene. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine ends chipped, cords cracked, joints intact. London: R. Ware et al., 1753
First published in 1727, one of the most popular English cookbooks of the 18th century; in 1742 it became the first cookbook to be printed in America. ESTC locates 3 copies in Great Britain and 3 in the United States.
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