What To Do With The Cold Mutton: A Book Of Rechauffes. Together With Many Other Approved Receipts For The Kitchen Of A Gentleman Of Moderate Income

New York: Bunce and Huntington, 1865. 8vo, contemporary decorative cloth with embossed title, and gilt spine title, 218pp. Covers soiled, worn, spine ends frayed. Pages foxed, a few pages soiled and/or stained. Good. An early example of an economical cook book, intended to aid in the keeping of a properly comfortable table on a budget. "It simply aims at supplying a want often felt by the young and inexperienced mistress of a household, where moderate income, rather than position, renders economy advisable" (introduction). Item #2745

Price: $250.00