Mary Jewry [ed.] — Warne&Apos;S Model Cookery

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1893. Cloth. An extensive Victorian book of recipes compiled by Mary Jewry, illustrated with colour plates. A new edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with seven colour plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous in-text engravings. Collated, lacking five plates according to other copies held institutionally. This charming Victorian cookery book offers a wide selection of recipes as well as household hints on choosing and buying ingredients, keeping accounts, utensils, and instructions for all methods of cookery, including frying, broiling, glazing and stewing. Compiled and edited by Mary Jewry, who was the sister of well-known Victorian children's author, Laura Valentine. With advertisements to the pastedowns and endpapers. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A few white spots and marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting, but firm. Rear hinge is strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few leaves and the odd spots throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .