The Epicure's Almanack: Eating and Drinking in Regency London (The Original 1815 Guidebook)

Ralph Rylance, et al

ISBN 10: 0712358617 / ISBN 13: 9780712358613

Published by British Library Publishing, 2012

Very Good in a Very Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75" - 10.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Painting illustration of a banquet to the dust jacket with title in red and white lettering; 2012, British Library Publishing; 313 pages; "The Epicure's Almanack: Eating and Drinking in Regency London (The Original 1815 Guidebook)," by Ralph Rylance, et al. Seller Inventory # SKU-8977AL06903096

Synopsis:

A fully annotated edition of The Epicure's Almanack, or Guide to Good Living, a listing of more than 650 eating establishments, taverns, hotels, inns etc, in and around London, investigated and engagingly described by Ralph Rylance (1782 - 1834). Working single-handedly and on foot, Rylance visited eateries ranging from City chop houses to humble tripe shops, as well as London's first Indian restaurant, ancient coaching inns, suburban tea gardens and dockyard taverns. He ended his book with an account of London's markets, an inventory of merchants selling everything from anchovy sauce to kitchen ranges, and an 'alimentary calendar'. Published in 1815, it was not updated or reprinted (and is consequently a very rare book). Indeed it was never really emulated until 1968, when the Good Food Guide to London was first issued.

About the Author: Janet Ing Freeman is an Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London. Her previous books include (jointly with Arthur Freeman) John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century (Yale UP, 2004).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Epicure's Almanack: Eating and Drinking ...
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good