Hooker, Margaret Huntington

Ye GENTLEWOMAN'S HOUSEWIFERY; containing Scarce, Curious, and Valuable Receipts For making ready all sorts of Viands

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. Hardcover. 227 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Cookbook based on recipes from "days of yore" - filled with delightful cooking instructions for meat, fish, soups, sauces, breads & cakes, puddings, custards, preserves, as well as cocktails & punches, mead, perfume, remedies, and household advice. Illustrated throughout. Previous owner's siganture on title page, otherwise clean and crisp interior. Boards are rubbed, especially at spine. [BITTING 223] [WHEATON 2945]. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut. Cream and light blue illustrated oil cloth. Very good. Item #3845

Price: $45.00