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The Ladies' New Book of Cookery: A Practical System for Private Families in Town and Country; With Directions for Crving, and Arranging the Table or Parties, Etc. Also, Preparation of Food for Invalids and For Children. Illutrated with Numerous Engravings.
Hale, Sarah Josepha · New York
- Author
- Hale, Sarah Josepha
- Date
- 1852
- Place
- New York
- Publisher
- H. Long & Brother
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(4.5" x 7") Full brown cloth with embossed rule with foliate corners framing a decorative monogram centered to each board. Rebacked spine in similar brown cloth with gilt title from original spine material. Illustrated with an engraved half-title page, many in-text illustrations. Foxing throughout, heavier in some areas, last 100 pp. or so with lighter dampstaining (see pic). Minor edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with tiny loss to tips, covers sun-faded with some stains (see pic). 474 pp of recipes (receipts) from the mid 19th century including directions on weights and measures, carving, dinner parties, etc., index at rear.
- Format
- Author also wrote the verses to Mary Had a Little Lamb.
- Category
- Children’s & Illustrated
- Record
- S.I.7641
The Ladies' New Book of Cookery: A Practical System for Private Families in Town and Country; With Directions for Carving, and Arranging the Table or Parties, Etc. Also, Preparation of Food for Invalids and For Children. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings.
Author: Hale, Sarah Josepha (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879)
12mo.(4.5" x 7")1852. Hale, Sarah Josepha. New York. H. Long & Brother. Full brown cloth with embossed rule with foliate corners framing a decorative monogram centered to each board. Rebacked spine in similar brown cloth with gilt title from original spine material. Illustrated with an engraved half-title page, many in-text illustrations. Foxing throughout, heavier in some areas, last 100 pp. or so with lighter dampstaining (see pic). Minor edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with tiny loss to tips, covers sun-faded with some stains (see pic). 474 pp of recipes (receipts) from the mid 19th century including directions on weights and measures, carving, dinner parties, etc., index at rear.
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book.[1] She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.
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