[Rarebooks] FS: John Nott's "Cook's and Confectioner's Dictionary" London: 1723

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(COOKBOOKS) Nott, John. THE COOK'S AND CONFECTIONER'S DICTIONARY: or, the Accomplish'd Housewife's Companion. Containing, I. The Choicest Receipts... II. The Best Way of Making Bisks, Farces, Fore'd Meats... III. All Manner of Pastry-Works... IV. The Various Branches of Confectionary... V. The Way of Making All English Potable Liquors... VI. Directions for Ordering an Entertainment, of Bills of Fare for All Seasons of the Year... London: Printed for C. Rivington. 1723. First edition. 8vo. Unpaginated (approx. 600pp.). Index. Plus 1 page of publisher's ads. Copper engraved allegorical frontispiece. Cont. paneled calf, nicely rebacked & tips of boards repaired, orig. calf spine label laid back down. Cont. ownership signature on recto of frontispiece. Title page lightly soiled, but overall a fine copy.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Set up in dictionary format, A - Z.  John Nott was the cook for the Duke of Bolton.

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