American cookery

"First edition, second printing. 48pp. Woodcut decoration. Contemporary wraps (frayed), probably original. This is a perfect copy in superb condition: crisp, entirely untrimmed and wide-margined; a single owner's signature else unmarked and without blemish. Early editions of this work are exceedingly rare. Six copies of the 1796 first printing can be located. Four copies of this printing are known; it follows word for word the text of the first printing and is thought to be from the hands of...
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