1938 \"Williamsburg Art of Cookery\" Leather Cookbook Copyright First Printing


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1938 \"Williamsburg Art of Cookery\" Leather Cookbook Copyright First Printing:
$49.00


True first printing ofWilliamsburg Art of Cookery, 1938: this book is the reprinting of a recipe collection from 1742. See photo of copyright page for authenticity.
Full title is “The Williamsburg Art of Cookery, or, Accomplish\'d Gentlewoman\'s Companion: Being a Collection of Upwards of Five Hundred of the Most Ancient and Approved Recipes in Virginia.” Written by Mrs. Helen Bullock. Published by Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., Richmond, Va. 276 pages.
Rich brown calf cover. Condition: Spine cracked on one side and slightly torn at the top & bottom. Binding is tight. Pages are printed on authentic rag paper, which was manufactured by Hamilton & Sons. No DJ.
According to the NYT, Mrs. Bullock was \"A historian with a distinctly open mind...she became so distracted by references to colonial dishes and ingredients that she all but invented an entire new area of historical research with the publication of her \"Williamsburg Art of Cookery\" in 1938.\"

1938 \"Williamsburg Art of Cookery\" Leather Cookbook Copyright First Printing:
$49.00

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