art of cookery, made plain and easy
Subtitle: which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published ... ; to which are added, by way of appendix, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, and a copious index
By: by a lady.
Contributors: Glasse, Hannah, 1708-1770.; Mead, Richard, 1673-1754.; Hill, John, 1714?-1775.; Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768, bookseller.; Tonson, Richard, d. 1772, bookseller.; Strahan, William, 1715-1785, bookseller.; Caslon, Thomas, d. 1783, bookseller.; Durham, Thomas, bookseller, bookseller.; Nicoll, William, bookseller, bookseller.; Baily, Bernice Gilman, signer.; Baily, Joseph, 1908- donor.; Baily, Bernice Gilman, donor.
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed for A. Millar, R. Tonson, W. Strahan, T. Caslon, T. Durham, and W. Nicoll
Published: 1767
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Cookery, English -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: A lady = Hannah Glasse. Cf. MacLean.

A facsimile of the author's signature is printed on the first page of text.

"It is ... a myth that [Glasse's] works were written by the notorious John Hill"--MacLean; also cf. entry for Glasse in DNB.

"Appendix to The art of cookery, made plain and easy" has a half-title on sig.Z1r; pagination and register are continuous.

Includes "A certain cure for the bite of a mad dog. By Dr. Mead" (ch. 22).

Head- and tail-pieces.

Press-figures.

Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ B-2C⁸ 2D⁴.

Includes index.

MacLean, V.  Household and cookery books, p. 59.

ESTC (RLIN), T103511.

WSU MASC copy signed "Bernice A. Gilman" on front pastedown.

WSU MASC copy donated by Joseph and Bernice Gilman Baily.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-123049629.