118 - [CUISINE]. [RUNDELL, Maria E.]. A New System of Domestic Cookery; Based on Principles of Economy and Adapted for Use by Private Families. By a Lady. A New, Corrected Edition.

[CUISINE]. [RUNDELL, Maria E.]. A New System of Domestic Cookery; Based on Principles of Economy and Adapted for Use by Private Families. By a Lady. A New, Corrected Edition. Second English edition of the most popular cookbook of the first half of the 19th century, published by Maria Eliza Rundell (1745–1828). London & Edinburgh, W. Wilson for John Murray, J. Harding, and A. Constable & Co., 1807. In-12, brown grained sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, title label in red morocco. Contemporary binding (restored). XXX, 10 unnumbered folios (table of contents), 352 pp., 1 frontispiece, and 9 plates. Text in English. Spine slightly creased, normal wear and tear. Rare and small foxing spots. Second, corrected edition of the most popular English cookbook of the first half of the 19th century, published by Maria Eliza Rundell (1745–1828) in 1806. Intended for middle-class housewives, this publishing phenomenon sold approximately half a million copies during Rundell’s lifetime. In addition to covering food preparation, the book offers advice on medicine and brewing and includes a section titled “Instructions for Servants.” The book contains a recipe for tomato sauce—probably the first in written history—and the first written recipe for Scotch eggs. Rundell also advises her readers to avoid waste. A complete copy including pages 28 and 29 bis (numbered 28* and 29*), the frontispiece, and the 9 plates. From the library of French chef Raymond Oliver (1909–1990), with an ex-libris bearing his pseudonym “Rouvier de Vaulgran.” A pleasant copy.