![Item #4097 [POETRY] ALMANACH DE BACCHUS; Ou ELITE de Chansons et Rondes Bachiques Composées...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
Paris: Chez Bechet, 1810. Hardcover. 278 pages. 18.5 x 11 cm. French Poetry on Gastronomy throughout the ages - authors include: Billaut, Haguenier, Dufresny, Malezieu, Fleury, Ponteau, Lamotte, Panard, Fuselier, Gallet, Piron, Grecourt, Colle, Favard, de l'Attaignant, Rochon de Chabanes, Crebillon fils, Bernard, Dorat, de Nivernais, Imbert, and more. Text..... More
![Item #2433 [POLITICAL] [ETCHING] Prize Beef or Luxury in the Nineteenth Century. Charles Williams](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2433.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612823910)
S W Fores, 1802. Williams, Charles. Loose_leaf. A waggish sense of humor is presented here in this etching. A massive butcher presides in front of his stall, pointing out the benefits of a gargantuan joint of beef. His clientele, dressed in ostentatious costume look on as he points of the..... More
New Braintree, Massachusetts: 1816-1821. Hardcover. Beginning on November 29, 1816, this handwritten account book stands as a vivid record of early American life, spanning more than two hundred pages and chronicling the daily transactions, drinking, and bartering that took place over five years. The town of New Braintree, formerly part..... More
London: John Murray, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual, filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock, making butter, brewing and the management of malt liquors, the..... More
New York: R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arden, 1814. Hardcover. 316 pages. 18.5 x 11 cm. [9 plates]. An interesting copy of this first New York edition - it is one of those odd copies with some printing irregularities that make it just a little more appealing. Originally this copy SHOULD..... More
London: Albion Press: Printed for J. And J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane, 1811. Third Edition. Hardcover. Practical Instructions for preparing SOUPS, BROTHS, GRAVIES, SAUCES, AND MADE DISHES; and for DRESSING FISH, VENISON, HARES, BUTCHERS' MEAT, POULTRY, GAME, &c. IN ALL THEIR VARIETIES. With the respective branches of PASTRY AND CONFECTIONARY, The Art..... More
London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, 1819. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 299 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Frontispiece an engraving of game, colored. Written for the "Females in the middle class society" with "economy and frugality" in mind. Recipes run the gamut from "Pigs Pettitois" (piggy feet) to "Roast Larks" along with..... More
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Newport, RI: PRINTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE NEWPORT MERCURY, 1815. Sewn binding. 23 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Caleb J. Tenney was the pastor of the First Congregational Church, Newport, from 1804 to 1815. This sermon explores the Proverbs of Solomon - Wine in a mocker, STRONG DRINK IS..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1800. The First Boston Edition, from the Second London Edition. Hardcover. Vol I 304 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm., Vol II 334 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Aiming to educate the public on health and wellness, Willich emphasized rational thought and scientific inquiry to explain the..... More