Lot 457
  • 457

Shackleford, Ann

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • The Modern Art of Cookery Improved; or, Elegant, Cheap, and Easy Methods, of preparing most of the Dishes now in Vogue. J. Newbery, 1767
  • ink on paper
12mo, first edition, contemporary calf gilt, occasional light staining and spotting, upper cover detaching, extremities rubbed, corners bumped

Provenance

Annie Drakes, Yealby, old inscription on front free endpaper; loosely-inserted typed letter dated 1954 regarding exhibiting the book

Literature

Bitting, p.430

Catalogue Note

Bitting describes this volume as "rare".