[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 18th c. cookbook

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(COOKBOOKS) Raffald, Elizabeth. THE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER, for the Use of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c... A New Edition. In Which Are Inserted Some Celebrated Receipts by Other Modern Authors. London: A. Millar, W. Lain, and R. Cater. 1791. 8vo. (4),iv,397,(1)pp. Index. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and 3 folding plates. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half speckled calf and marbled boards. Some old text soiling and a bottom outer corner of 1 leaf of index (pp. 387-388) torn, resulting in a small loss.	$350.00 (trade discount allowed)
An uncommon edition of this popular work. OCLC records 2 copies in America, also noting, "the imprint is false; probably printed at York for Wilson, Spence and Mawman."


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