The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy; Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet published. To which are added, One hundred and Fifty new and useful Receipts. And also Fifty Receipts for different Articles of Perfumery. With a Copious Index. -
Hannah Glasse
1788 - Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, London - A New Edition, with all the Modern Improvements: And also the Order of a Bill of Fare for each Month, in the Manner of Dishes are to be placed upon the Table, in the present Taste
An early edition of this classic 18th century cookbook, which ‘revolutionised the way the British cook’.
With the large folding ‘Order of a Modern Bill of Fare, for each month’ which is often lacking.
‘She's the first domestic goddess, the queen of the dinner party and the most important cookery writer to know about. No, not Isabella Beeton; not Delia Smith nor Nigella Lawson, but an earlier incarnation of a kitchen trouble-shooter, Hannah Glasse’ - Rose Prince, The Independent (2006).
‘The Art of Cookery has a River Cafe Cookbook quality - in fact her excessive use of butter, which can have a lovely clear flavour, can be likened to the liberal dribbling of olive oil in Rogers' and Gray's recipes. The power of the book, though, is the clarity of the writing. She's authoritative but she is also intimate, treating you as an equal’ – Bee Wilson (food journalist and author). Up until her death in 1770 Glasse published her cookbook anonymously. "Many of Glasses recipes, like those of her female contemporaries were the backbone of English cuisine. From savory veal pies and baked salmon to pickles and apple tarts, her recipes are in fact more practical than their French counterparts and many are still used in England today."
Provenance: Contemporary signature of a Elizabeth Carle (?) to front pastedown, later from the library ‘Gastronomique’ of Martin & Pamela Finch, with their armourial bookplate.
References: Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, 187. Cagle, A Matter of Taste, 701. Pennell, My Cookery Books, 154. Oxford, English Cookery Books, 76. Vicaire, Bibliographie Gastronomique, 413. Maclean, Household and Cookery Books, 58.
Octavo (binding size 21.9x14.2cm), pp. [2 (title)] vi [20 (’ Contents’)] 409 [1] [25 (Index)] [1]. Facsimile signature of Hannah Glasse to page 1, as published. Bound in 19th century quarter brown calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges trimmed. Condition: Generally fine throughout, toning to first and last few pages, large folding bill of fare laid onto later matching paper, in near fine binding with darkening of spine. Ref: 112201 Price: HK$ 5,000
With the large folding ‘Order of a Modern Bill of Fare, for each month’ which is often lacking.
‘She's the first domestic goddess, the queen of the dinner party and the most important cookery writer to know about. No, not Isabella Beeton; not Delia Smith nor Nigella Lawson, but an earlier incarnation of a kitchen trouble-shooter, Hannah Glasse’ - Rose Prince, The Independent (2006).
‘The Art of Cookery has a River Cafe Cookbook quality - in fact her excessive use of butter, which can have a lovely clear flavour, can be likened to the liberal dribbling of olive oil in Rogers' and Gray's recipes. The power of the book, though, is the clarity of the writing. She's authoritative but she is also intimate, treating you as an equal’ – Bee Wilson (food journalist and author). Up until her death in 1770 Glasse published her cookbook anonymously. "Many of Glasses recipes, like those of her female contemporaries were the backbone of English cuisine. From savory veal pies and baked salmon to pickles and apple tarts, her recipes are in fact more practical than their French counterparts and many are still used in England today."
Provenance: Contemporary signature of a Elizabeth Carle (?) to front pastedown, later from the library ‘Gastronomique’ of Martin & Pamela Finch, with their armourial bookplate.
References: Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, 187. Cagle, A Matter of Taste, 701. Pennell, My Cookery Books, 154. Oxford, English Cookery Books, 76. Vicaire, Bibliographie Gastronomique, 413. Maclean, Household and Cookery Books, 58.
Octavo (binding size 21.9x14.2cm), pp. [2 (title)] vi [20 (’ Contents’)] 409 [1] [25 (Index)] [1]. Facsimile signature of Hannah Glasse to page 1, as published. Bound in 19th century quarter brown calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges trimmed. Condition: Generally fine throughout, toning to first and last few pages, large folding bill of fare laid onto later matching paper, in near fine binding with darkening of spine. Ref: 112201 Price: HK$ 5,000