[Rarebooks] FS: First American Edition of Henderson's MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY, 1829

[Charles Agvent]

[COOKERY] HENDERSON, W. A. (Enlarged and Improved by HUGHSON, D.) and 
BUCHAN, William. MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY, AND USEFUL RECEIPT BOOK, 
ADAPTED FOR FAMILIES IN THE MIDDLING AND GENTEEL RANKS OF LIFE.... bound 
with THE DOMESTIC MEDICINE ... TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, THE FAMILY RECEIPT 
BOOK, AND DOMESTIC REPOSITORY, BY D. HUGHSON, M.D. AND OTHERS. New York: 
Thomas Kinnersley, 1829 and [1829]. First American Edition. Octavo (5" x 
8-1/2") bound in original sheep leather with gilt rules and lettering 
including the name of an owner, Milton M. Perry, on the front cover; 
360; 224, xii, iv pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, and 
engraved title page, and 5 engraved plates. Foxing and staining 
throughout, small piece lacking at the top of one page of the Buchan 
title with loss of a few words of text; covers rubbed, especially the 
spine, but firm. Very Good for a book that likely received great use.
Bitting, page 224 for the 1857 edition. (#017835)        $600.00

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