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A Beautiful (rebound by Brian Cole) British edition (printed circa 1790) of the First obtainable American CookBook (The first American cookbook is only known in one copy.) With two engraved plates as frontispieces. Also with an engraved plate of table arrangements included in the pagination. Also with "Twelve bills of Fare," one for each month. There has been only one copy of the 1772 first edition and the 1792 second edition at auction in over seventy years. Overall a very good copy of a book not usually found in good condition. "The Frugal Housewife or Complete Woman Cook by Susannah Carter was the only cookbook printed in the US between 1742 and 1796, a period that included both the late Colonial and the early years of the United… Ler mais