Description and condition:

Maroon boards hardback, dustcover, 4to, 184pp, b/w and colour illustrations.

Good or better copy with nice clean, lightly age toned, pages. In good dustcover with chipping, now protected.

Contents:

A short history of food and cooking: court, city and tavern dishes (Stuart-Georgian); domestic dishes (Stuart-Georgian); the Victorian kitchen revolution. Illustrated throughout with many facsimiles from old books.