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Title

  • The cook's complete guide, on the principles of frugality, comfort, and elegance : including the art of carving and the most approved method of setting-out a table, explained by numerous copper-plate engravings : instructions for preserving health and attaining old age : with directions for breeding and fattening all sorts of poultry and for the management of bees, rabbits, pigs, &c. &c., rules for cultivating a garden and numerous useful miscellaneous receipts

Names

  • Copley, Esther.
  • Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : George Virtue, [not before 1825]

Headings

  • -  Cooking, English
  • -  Home economics--England

Genre

  • Bookbinding (Binding)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Added engraved t.p., illustrated, with title: The new London cookery and complete domestic guide.
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  Source: Gift of A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939. Fine binding.
  • -  Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 99
  • -  Recat. to AACR2 to add an earlier impression as copy 1. vj03 03-30-89.
  • -  "Cottage comforts" first published in 1925.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-03-14 no edits (3 cards)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-03-26 review
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-02-24 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-04-07 update (1 card)

Medium

  • iv, 838 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX717 .C668 1825
  • TX717 .C668 1836 Another impression. [not before 1936] ([London] : R. Clay). Plate at p. 11 dated 1836. Lacks leaf containing "Preface" (p. [iii]-iv). LC copy: gift of A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 45050440

Online Format

  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Copley, Esther, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. The Cook's Complete Guide, on the Principles of Frugality, Comfort, and Elegance: Including the Art of Carving and the Most Approved Method of Setting-Out a Table, Explained by Numerous Copper-Plate Engravings: Instructions for Preserving Health and Attaining Old Age: With Directions for Breeding and Fattening All Sorts of Poultry and for the Management of Bees, Rabbits, Pigs, &c. &c., Rules for Cultivating a Garden and Numerous Useful Miscellaneous Receipts. [London: George Virtue, not before, 1825] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/45050440/.

APA citation style:

Copley, E. & Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. (1825) The Cook's Complete Guide, on the Principles of Frugality, Comfort, and Elegance: Including the Art of Carving and the Most Approved Method of Setting-Out a Table, Explained by Numerous Copper-Plate Engravings: Instructions for Preserving Health and Attaining Old Age: With Directions for Breeding and Fattening All Sorts of Poultry and for the Management of Bees, Rabbits, Pigs, &c. &c., Rules for Cultivating a Garden and Numerous Useful Miscellaneous Receipts. [London: George Virtue, not before] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/45050440/.

MLA citation style:

Copley, Esther, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. The Cook's Complete Guide, on the Principles of Frugality, Comfort, and Elegance: Including the Art of Carving and the Most Approved Method of Setting-Out a Table, Explained by Numerous Copper-Plate Engravings: Instructions for Preserving Health and Attaining Old Age: With Directions for Breeding and Fattening All Sorts of Poultry and for the Management of Bees, Rabbits, Pigs, &c. &c., Rules for Cultivating a Garden and Numerous Useful Miscellaneous Receipts. [London: George Virtue, not before, 1825] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/45050440/>.