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Glasse, Hannah.
The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet published...
Publisher: A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, W. Strahan, T. Calson, T. Durham, and W. Nicoll, London;
Date of Publication: 1765
Stock Code: 12342
NINTH EDITION. Octavo, pp. vi [22 contents] 384 [22 index]. Sympathetically rebound to style in speckled calf with five raised bands to spine, gilt double fillets to both boards, gilt title and publication year to spine, gilt floral decoration to compartments. Toned page edges and light foxing, pp. [i] - vi very minor loss to edge affecting margin only, title-page professionally repaired. The most popular cookbook of the 18th century, “The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy” cemented Glasse as the most influential cookery author of her age. It was the first cookbook to be written in simple enough terms that servants with a limited vocabulary could easily understand it. This ninth edition includes 150 new recipes not in the original 1747 edition and a “copious index”. In the early 19th century, the books was published in America with copies said to have been owned by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Glasse (1708-1770, brought up in Northumberland) was a dressmaker, and after being jailed for bankruptcy, was forced to sell the copyright for “The Art of Cookery”. Her work was rampantly plagiarised, especially in America. A cookery standard in a handsome binding. £300.00