Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen and Larder Containing a New and Improved Code of Eatics; Select Epicurian Precepts; Nutritive Maxims, Reflections, Anecdotes, Illustrating the Veritable Science of the Mouth; Which includes the Art of. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829.
First American Edition, same year as First English Edition. Octavo, contemporary 3/4 leather, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, two Cruikshank frontispieces repeated in the text. Gastronomic history of eating habits and manners, including chapters on “Customs of the Romans in Eating and Drinking,” “Culinary Technicalities,” “A Short Dissertation on the Origin of Dentiscalps, or Toothpicks,” “Cookery and Poetry,” and “Good Advice for Good Dinners,” among many more. The author has never been identified. Very Good plus, leather modestly worn with moderate wear to upper rear cover corner, light surface wear, modest foxing to some pages.
Price: $350.00