THE LADIES' ASSISTANT FOR REGULATING AND SUPPLYING THE TABLE.
Being a complete system of cookery, &c.
printed for J. Walter, London, 1787
In-8 p. (mm. 210x125), p. pelle coeva, tit. oro su tassello al dorso, pp. (20),484,(20). Sesta edizione (la prima è del 1773), containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family diners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several desserts; including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise direction for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange, and lemon-brandies, &c. Also remarks on kitchen-poisons, and necessary cautions thereon.Cfr. Whitaker Oxford English cookery books to the year 1850, pp. 107-8: It seems an excellent and well-arranged book, but few people now would care for viper broth' - Vicaire, p. 572 - Bitting, p. 312. Ben conservato.
