Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine.
New York: George J. Coombes, 1886. Book-Lover's Library series, edited by Henry B. Wheatley. Small octavo, 271 pages. Index. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Woodcut illustration and designs sporadically throughout. Classic text in which Hazlitt explores "The Early Englishman and his Food"; "Royal Feasts and Savage Pomp";"Diet of the Yeoman and the Poor"; "Meats and Drinks";"The Kitchen"; "Meals"; "Etiquette of the Table"; and a large four-part section of "Cookery Books" which includes.....