Item #22646 MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY AND USEFUL RECEIPT BOOK. Adapted for Families by W.A. Henderson, Enlarged and Improved by D. Hughson, M.D. With Specifications of Approved Patent Receipts, Extracted from the Records of the Patent Office, London, Consisting of All the Most Serviceable Preparations for Domestic Purposes, Forming a Library of Domestic Knowledge and Useful Economy. W. A. Henderson, D. Hughson.
MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY AND USEFUL RECEIPT BOOK. Adapted for Families by W.A. Henderson, Enlarged and Improved by D. Hughson, M.D. With Specifications of Approved Patent Receipts, Extracted from the Records of the Patent Office, London, Consisting of All the Most Serviceable Preparations for Domestic Purposes, Forming a Library of Domestic Knowledge and Useful Economy

MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY AND USEFUL RECEIPT BOOK. Adapted for Families by W.A. Henderson, Enlarged and Improved by D. Hughson, M.D. With Specifications of Approved Patent Receipts, Extracted from the Records of the Patent Office, London, Consisting of All the Most Serviceable Preparations for Domestic Purposes, Forming a Library of Domestic Knowledge and Useful Economy

NY: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. Sixth printing of the US edition. Original mauve cloth with title and decoration stamped in gilt and blind, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 360, 61, xii pp. Frontispiece, engraved title page and 2 engraved plates. Covers moderately faded, light to moderate foxing throughout, some staining, overall quite clean and presentable. Item #22646

Originally published in London, 1791 as "The House-keepers Instructor, or Universal Family Cook." The first US edition was published in 1829. 61-page section at back separately titled "The New Family Receipt Book" with it's own index, general index following. Frontispiece engraving of a kitchen was drawn by (Henry?) Corbould and engraved by Illman. Cagle & Stafford 354; Lowenstein 735.

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