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SIMPSON, John.

A Complete System of Cookery,

A Complete System of Cookery,

on a plan entirely new, consisting of an extensive and original collection of receipts, in cooker, confectionary etc.

Stock Code 124698

London, W. Stewart et al., 1816.

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A notable 19th century cookery book by John Simpson, the personal cook to the Marquis of Buckingham at the time of publication. Simpson provides a 'bill of fare', or menu, for each day of the year, followed by the recipes needed to prepare each dish.

8vo (20 x 12.3 cm); contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, p. 527-528 chipped and detached but present; modern quarter brown morocco over marbled paper boards, edges untrimmed, corners bumped and frayed, a very good copy; [3], iii, [4], 568pp.

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