Glasse (Hannah) The Art of Cookery

[[Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet published... by a Lady, London: W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington et al., 1770, 8vo, marbled calf rebacked, reverse of title with manuscript recipe 'To make Mince Pies'

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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy by Hannah Glasse (1708–1770) was first published in 1747. It was a bestseller for a century after its first publication, dominating the English-speaking market and making Glasse one of the most famous cookbook authors of her time. The book ran through at least 40 editions, many of which were copied without explicit author consent. It was published in Dublin from 1748, and in America from 1805 [ESTC T63525; Bitting, p.189; Maclean p.60; Oxford p.77]