Sales catalogue 103: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/14
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 103: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    187 Simmonds (P. L.) The Curiosities of Food or the Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations obtained from the Animal King- dom. London, R. Bentley, 1859 5s 8vo. Orig. cloth. 188 S[mith] (E.) The Compleat Housewife : or Accomplished Gentlewoman’s Companion : being a collection of upwards of 500 of the most approved receipts in Cookery... London, J. Pemberton, 1727 £3 10s 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf. 8 ll., 326 pp., 911. 6 folding plates. First edition of a popular 18th century cookery book. Not less than 18 editions were published up to 1773. Not in the British Museum library. Oxford, p. 60. A few small wormholes in the blank margins of 70 pages, otherwise a fine copy. 189 [Smith (E)] The Compleat Housewife or Accomplish’d Gentlewoman’s Companion. Being a Collection of upwards of Five Hun- dred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionery, Preserv- ing, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials, etc. London, J. Pember- ton, 1727 30s 8vo. Old calf, rebacked. With 6 plates, one of which probably has a portion torn away, showing the arrangement of the table. First edition of a most popular book of which Oxford records 18 editions. Fine copy. 190 Smith (G.) A Compleat Boy of Distilling, explaining the Mysteries of that Science. The second edition. London, 1731 £1 15s 8vo. Old calf. 311., 152 pp. With engraved frontis- piece showing distilling apparatus. 191 Smith (R.) Court Cookery or the Com- pleat English Cook. London, T, Wotton. 1723 £2 2s 8vo. Old calf. First Epition. The second part consists of pastry and confectionery receipts. Oxford, 1, Oh 192 Striippius a Geilhausen (Joach.) Antido- tarii Antitrimistigi, id est Medelae trium extremorum Dei flagellorum, Libri adum- bratio qui est de coproprali nec non spirit- uali anchora, famis, sitis, valetudinisque mortalium. Frankfurt, Martin Lechler, 1574 £3 3s 4to. Vellum. 151 leaves. A curious book dealing with foods and drinks and giving instructions how to live on the most economical possible diet, mainly vegetarian. There is a section on unusual substances than can be employed for making bread. There is a chapter on hunting and falconry. Paper of bad quality, a little browned. 193 Sturgeon (Launcelot) Essays Philosophical, and Stomachical on the important Science of Good-Living. Dedi- cated to the Right Worshipful The Court of Aldermen. 2nd edition. London, G. and W. Whitaker, 1823 8s 6d 8vo. Calf. Front. 194 Tendret (Lucien) La Table au pays de Brillat-Savarin. Belley, Louis Bailly, 1892 £4 4s 8vo. A very fine copy in the original dust wrappers, entirely uncut and unopened. Extremely rare original edition of one of the most charming books in the history of gastronomy. The author was a native of Belley, Brillat-Savarin’s native town and collected all the gastronomic traditions that 13 survived in that district through the 19th century, It was printed in a small town and probably only very few copies made up the whole edition. 195 Thompson (Sir H.) Food and Feeding. London, F. Warne and Co., 1899 3s 8vo. Orig. cloth. 196 Vegetable Cookery with an Introduction recommending abstinence from Animal Food and Intoxicating Liquors by a Mem- ber of the Bible Christian Church. Third edition. London, M. E. Wilson [c. 1830] 15s 8vo. Orig. cloth, rebacked. An early vegetarian cookery book and probably rare, as Oxford only quotes the 4th edition, 1833. 197 Vegetable Substances used for the Food of Man. London, C. Knight, 1846 3s 2 vols in 1. 8vo. Cloth. 198 Verdier (Ernest) Dissertations Gastro- nomiques, suivies de recettes. Paris, 1916 S8vo. Wrappers. Limited to 500 copies. 35 199 Verdot. Historiographie de la Table ou Abrégé Historique, Philosophique et Litér- aire des Substances Alimentaires. Paris, Chez l’Auteur, 1833 10s 6d. 12mo, Orig. wrappers. 200 Viard (A.) Le Cuisinier Impérial, ou ]’Art de faire la Cuisine et la Patisserie, pour toutes les fortunes. Septiéme edition. Paris, 1812 8s 6d 8vo. Old half calf. 201 Vinum Britannicum: or An Essay on the Properties and Effects of Malt Liquors, wherein is considered in what cases and to what constitutions, they are either bene- ficial or injurious. By a Physician in the Country. London, 1727 18s 8vo. New half calf. 611., 52 pp. 202 [Walker (Thomas)] The Art of Dining or Gastronomy and Gastronomers. London, John Murray, 1852 10s 6d. 8vo. Half calf. First Eprrion of this classic of English gastronomy. 203 Warner (Richard) Antiquitates Culin- ariae or Curious Tracts relating to the Culinary Affairs of the Old English, with a preliminary discourse, Notes and Illustra- tions. London, R. Blamire, 1791 £1 5s 4to. Orig. half cloth, binding worn. Engraved front. from a brass, showing a peacock feast. One of the most interesting books on early English cookery. 204 Wolley (Hannah) The Queen-like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: stored with all manners of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. The second edition. London, Richard Lowndes, 1672 £4 15s 8vo. Old calf. License leaf, engraved frontispiece. 4 ll., 344 pp., 14 ll. (including one leaf of advertise- ments). The charming frontispiece shows five views of kitchen and distillery. Oxford, p. 35. 205 Woolley (Hannah) The Ladies Delight or a Rich Closet of Choice Experiments... containing the Art of Preserving and Can- dying... Together with the Exact Cook. . to which is added the Ladies Physical
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