Alexander Filippini — The International Cook Book

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. Leather. A smartly bound first US edition of this collection of over three thousand international recipes compiled by nineteenth century culinary expert Alessandro Filippini. First US edition, originally published in 1906. A collection of over three thousand three hundred recipes from all over the world, including many never before published in English. With complete menus of the three meals for every day in the year and a vast index. Written by Alessandro Filippini, who anglicized his name and operated professionally as "Alexander Filippini", a culinary expert and chef at Delmonico"s Restaurant in New York in the second half of the 1800s, and a cookbook author. He was instrumental in shaping American haute cuisine. Bound in half crushed morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .