The Art of Cooking: A Series of Practical Lessons
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. First Edition. 12mo, vii, 226, [3] pages, publisher's original red cloth covered boards. Matilda Lees Dods’s The Art of Cooking: A Series of Practical Lessons is an important late 19th-century cookery manual, issued in first edition by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1880. Written in a clear, lesson-based format and edited by Henrietta de Condé Sherman, the book was designed to provide practical domestic instruction for the Victorian household, covering the fundamentals of cookery in an orderly and accessible way. Both a useful culinary guide and a revealing document of period domestic education, it remains of interest to collectors of antiquarian cookbooks, household manuals, and 19th-century food history.
Provenance: From the library of Dr. William Woys Weaver, acclaimed American food historian and author, acquired directly from his historic home, Roughwood, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Some rubbing and wear, previous owner's inscription, some slight discoloration, corners bumped, else in very good condition. Item #280
Price: $250.00