William Gunter — Gunter&Apos;S Confectioner&Apos;S Oracle

London, Alfred Miller, 1830 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of William Gunter's irreverent guide to confectionary and dessert recipes, illustrated with bills of fare. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates of dessert bills of fare, one of which is folding. Collated, complete.The work of William Gunter, the son of English confectioner James Gunter, who ran popular 19th century confectioner's businesses in London's Berkeley Square.This was termed a humorous and frivolous cookery book, in which Gunter gossiped and name-dropped. In the author's dictionary of raw materials in use by confectioners, he starts with A for apple, and skipped B because it "is to us an empty letter."Front free endpaper removed.The Appendix contains a chapter on the stomach and its role, as well as a 'Dictionary of Raw Materials in Use by Confectioners&apos. In the original cloth backed, paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with handling marks to back strip and boards. Rubbing and losses to paper spine label. Tail of front hinge strained, but firmly held. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd spot and with light handling marks throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .