Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine.
London: Elliot Stock, 1902.
Book-Lover's Library series, edited by Henry B. Wheatley. Small octavo, 271 pages. Index. Popular edition. 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 bibliography and select extracts of Early Receipts. Some light spotting to front and rear paste downs, otherwise very good, in publisher's green cloth. [Bitting, page 221; Simon Bibliotheca Vinaria, pages 220 -21; Vicaire 439].
Price: $75.00
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