(*NEW ARRIVAL*) Isabella Beeton. Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book: A Household Guide

Illus. with chromolithograph plates, incl. frontis., as well as uncolored engraved plates. Also illus. with British food ads throughout. Red cloth lettered in white. London: Ward, Lock, 1906.

First published in 1861, Mrs. Beeton's books became ubiquitous in Victorian England, with advice on marketing, cookery, baking, household duties, trussing and carving, serving, menus and more. The illustrations are of prepared dishes as well as kitchen implements. 

Rubbing to spine ends, some darkening to spine; hinges gently cracking, else very good, with some wonderful ads from the turn-of-the-century.

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