Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book. What to do and what not to do in cooking.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. Octavo, 536 + [2] ads. First edition, early, but not first, printing. Originally published in 1884, although copyright 1883. Except for the ads, the pagination of the 1884, '85, '86 & '87 printings were identical. The milestone cookbook from the first principal of the Boston Cooking School and a student of Maria Parloa. According to the preface, the work was "undertaken at the urgent request of.....