Modern Cookery In All Its Branches

Acton, Eliza

Published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longma, London, 1845

Catalogue Reference: UBS0206

11 cm x 17.5 cm, Hardcover, xxx+608+32pp, Very Good, No DJ, Third edition. Bound in brown cloth. Impressed border to boards. Gilt title and illustration to spine.

Spine splitting from boards but sound. Pages complete sound and clean.

Modern cookery for private families was first published in 1845. It was innovative in a number of regards being much more precise in its instructions than previous cookbooks had been. Acton listed the ingredients required for a recipe exactly, for example, and gave the time taken for preparation and cooking as well as listing some of the the possible problems which a novice cook might encounter. The observations appended to the end of the recipes are evidence of her meticulous research; all of her recipes were tried and tested in her own kitchen and she was not afraid to use examples of her failures to instruct others.

£450.00 + P&P