1792, ISBN: 0af88fa8f12d32853142823ef9d237cb

Hardcover

[SC: 66.04], [PU: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, Philadelphia], ABAA-CALIFORNIA; COOKBOOKS; BREWING; WINE MAKING; GASTRONOMY; 18TH CENTURY; AMERICAN IMPRINTS; COOKERY; AMERICA… More...

[SC: 66.04], [PU: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, Philadelphia], ABAA-CALIFORNIA; COOKBOOKS; BREWING; WINE MAKING; GASTRONOMY; 18TH CENTURY; AMERICAN IMPRINTS; COOKERY; AMERICANA, Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xiii, xii-xvi, 557, [1-advertisement for Spotswood's books] pages, as issued. Originally issued in London in 1788, this is ONE OF THE EARLIEST COOKBOOKS PRINTED IN AMERICA. The chapters include material on wine and wine making, cordials, brewing, "proper rules to be observed in marketing," "rules for trussing," sauces, baking, broiling, and everything else. Briggs's prefatory remarks are dated 1788 and addressed to his readers "in hopes that they will find the Directions and Receipts more intelligible than in most Books of the Kind." BITTING, p.60, citing this Philadelphia edition as the main edition, and noting the other editions (including the two later Boston and Philadelphia editions of 1798); EVANS 24145; LOWENSTEIN 14. Bookplate of the noted Americanist Michael Zinman on the front pastedown. Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Binding quite nice with partial splits on both covers which are holding firm. Very Good and quite scarce, especially in this complete, unmutilated condition<

1792, ISBN: 0af88fa8f12d32853142823ef9d237cb

Hardcover

[SC: 76.04], [PU: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, Philadelphia], COOKBOOKS, BREWING, WINE MAKING, GASTRONOMY, 18TH CENTURY, AMERICAN IMPRINTS, COOKERY, AMERICANA, Duodecimo (4-… More...

[SC: 76.04], [PU: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, Philadelphia], COOKBOOKS, BREWING, WINE MAKING, GASTRONOMY, 18TH CENTURY, AMERICAN IMPRINTS, COOKERY, AMERICANA, Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xiii, xii-xvi, 557, [1-advertisement for Spotswood's books] pages, as issued. Originally issued in London in 1788, this is ONE OF THE EARLIEST COOKBOOKS PRINTED IN AMERICA. The chapters include material on wine and wine making, cordials, brewing, "proper rules to be observed in marketing," "rules for trussing," sauces, baking, broiling, and everything else. Briggs's prefatory remarks are dated 1788 and addressed to his readers "in hopes that they will find the Directions and Receipts more intelligible than in most Books of the Kind." BITTING, p.60, citing this Philadelphia edition as the main edition, and noting the other editions (including the two later Boston and Philadelphia editions of 1798); EVANS 24145; LOWENSTEIN 14. Bookplate of the noted Americanist Michael Zinman on the front pastedown. Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Binding quite nice with partial splits on both covers which are holding firm. Very Good and quite scarce, especially in this complete, unmutilated condition<

1798, ISBN: 0af88fa8f12d32853142823ef9d237cb

Philadelphia: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text… More...

Philadelphia: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Binding quite nice with partial splits on both covers which are holding firm. Very Good and quite scarce, especially in this complete, unmutilated condition. Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xiii, xii-xvi, 557, [1-advertisement for Spotswood's books] pages, as issued. Originally issued in London in 1788, this is ONE OF THE EARLIEST COOKBOOKS PRINTED IN AMERICA. The chapters include material on wine and wine making, cordials, brewing, "proper rules to be observed in marketing," "rules for trussing," sauces, baking, broiling, and everything else. Briggs's prefatory remarks are dated 1788 and addressed to his readers "in hopes that they will find the Directions and Receipts more intelligible than in most Books of the Kind." BITTING, p.60, citing this Philadelphia edition as the main edition, and noting the other editions (including the two later Boston and Philadelphia editions of 1798); EVANS 24145; LOWENSTEIN 14. Bookplate of the noted Americanist Michael Zinman on the front pastedown., W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792, 0<

1798, ISBN: 0af88fa8f12d32853142823ef9d237cb

Philadelphia: Printed for W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. xii, xi-xvi, 557, [1- advert. for Spotswood's books] pp. Front free endpaper absent; light to moderate foxi… More...

Philadelphia: Printed for W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. xii, xi-xvi, 557, [1- advert. for Spotswood's books] pp. Front free endpaper absent; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed too closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Bound in attractive contemporary calf, with gilt-lettered spine title on red morocco, gilt spine bands; and the bookplate of the noted Americanist Michael Zinman. Good+.  This is the first American edition of one of the earliest cookbooks printed in America. Reprinted in Philadelphia in 1798, it originally issued from London in 1788. Briggs's prefatory remarks are dated 1788 and addressed to his readers "in hopes that they will find the Directions and Receipts more intelligible than in most Books of the Kind."  The chapters include material on wine and wine making, cordials, brewing, "proper rules to be observed in marketing," "rules for trussing," sauces, baking, broiling, and everything else.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 24145. Lowenstein [3d ed.] 8., Printed for W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792<