Full title: The Cook's complete guide, on the principles of frugality, comfort, and elegance including the art of carving, and the most approved method of setting-out a table explained by numerous copper-plate engravings, instructions for preserving health, and attaining old age; with directions for breeding and fattening all sorts of poultry, and for the management of bees, rabbits, pigs, etc. Rules for cultivating a garden and numerous useful miscellaneous receipts. vi, 838 pp. Illus. with frontis., engraved title page, 8 copper plates. 8.25x4.75", period tree calf, marbled boards. First Edition. London: George Virtue, [1827].

The plates illustrate cuts of meat, methods of trussing and carving, and the table arrangements for twelve seasonal family dinners. A large and thorough volume on everything necessary for the domestic bliss standards of early 19th century England. An attractive copy with some chipping to spine ends, otherwise very good. Bitting, pages 98-99 (this edition); Cagle 632 (this edition); Oxford, page 162 (this edition).

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