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Lot 414

Five Books on Domestic Cookery and Housekeeping

Estimate: $250 - $350

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1) Williamsburg Art of Cookery, 1939 from Colonial Williamsburg Inc. pp276. Leather bound with applied leather label with gilt lettering. Condition: H 7-1/8" W 4-1/4" D1-1/4". 2) A New System of Domestic Cookery by a Lady. 1815, 2nd edition Published by R. McDermut & D.D. Arden, No. 1 City-Hotel. John Forbes printer. pp.316 not including preface and 3) A Ladies Library. Volume the First. Written by a Lady. Published by Sir Richard Steele. 6th edition, 1751. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand. Condition: Edges and cover worn top left of cover binding pulling away. H 6-3/4" W 4-1/4" D 1-1/4". 4) Signed copy of The Experienced English Housekeeper, For use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. And dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton. Fifth Edition, 1776, Three Copper plate illustrations. By Elizabeth Raffald. Printed for the Author, and fold by R. Baldwin, No. 47, in Pater-nofter-Row. 1776. Condition: H 8-1/8" W 5-1/8" D 1-3/8". 5) American Cookery or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables: and The best mode of making Puff-Pastries, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards, and Preserves. And all kinds of Cakes, from the Imperial Plume to Plain Cake. Adapted to this country, and all grades of life. By and American Orphan. Poughkeepsie: Published by Paraclete Potter, P & S Potter, Printers.1815. Plainly bound in hard covers. Condition: Torn and partial pages p 45-48. total pp. 71. H 5-3/4" W3-5/8" D 3/8" .