Description: Directions for Cookery, in Its Various Branches, by Miss Leslie. Seventh Edition, with Improvement and Supplementary Receipts. Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, Chestnut Street. 1839, leather binding, 468 pp, 7 x 4.5", 12mo. In poor condition. Front board almost detached from binding - very fragile. Leather boards scuffed at edges & corners are bumped/worn. Loss of leather spine at gilt lettering - title illegible. Green and blue marbled end-papers clean and bright. Front end-page, fly-leaf, & title-page detached with front board. Previous ownership signature exhibited on title page. Marginalia present throughout text-block. Water dampness stain exhibited to bottom corner of text-block from title page to approximately p. 50. Toning throughout text-block, with instances of finger-soiling and age-staining. Pages 291-8 are attached by cording only - very fragile & almost detached. Loss of text on pages 267-8 (last page of index). Binding fragile. Please see photos. Eliza Leslie (1787-1858), frequently referred to as Miss Leslie, was an American author of popular cookbooks during the 19th century. She also wrote household management books, etiquette books, novels, short stories, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Eliza Leslie attended the cooking school of the famed Mrs. Goodfellow for two terms, and Seventy-Five Receipts in Cakes, Pastry and Sweetmeats was written based on notes she had taken of Goodfellow's class recipes, although in the introduction she insisted the recipes were" original, and have been used by the author and many of her friends with uniform success." All recipes are fairly clear and easy to follow, written before ingredients would appear first in a recipe and precede the instructions. There are chapters on sweetmeats, cakes, pastry, puddings, syllabubs, blancmange, ice cream, warm cakes, preserves, jellies, beef, lame, veal, pork, venison, rabbits, shell fish, fish, poultry, and game. The roasting recipes indicate a time period when roasting was done "before a clear fire." A reading copy. FORN-MSB-0124-0757-HK1077
Price: 175 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-10-04T19:34:15.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Leather
Language: English
Author: Miss Eliza Leslie
Publisher: E.L. Carey & A. Hart
Topic: Basic, General Cooking
Subject: Cooking
Original/Facsimile: Original
