ART OF COOKERY in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. With some letters to Dr. Lister, and Others: Occafion'd principally by the Title of a Book publifh'd by the Doctor, being the Works of Apicius Caelius, concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Antients. With an Etract of the greateft Curiofities contain'd in that Book. To which is added Horace's Art of Poetry, in Latin, The.

[King, William], By the author of the Journey to London [1699] 1663Ð1712.

Published by London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Crofs-Keys between the two Temple Gates at Fleet-Street, [1708].

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Illustrated by head and tail vignettes, illuminated first letter in b&w. First edition. Contemporary calf backed marbled boards with red spine label stamped in gilt: (King-Art of-Cookery-1708) spaced with 7 ruled gilt lines (no binder indicated). text block trimmed to 18,9x11,6cm. pp. [4] eps, [viii], 160, [4] eps. Near Fine. From the Mortimer Rare Book Library of Smith College with no library markings, apparently not yet circulated. Binding fine, contents lightly toned with spots of foxing, thumbed fore-edges. Contents: Letters to Dr. Lister and Others containing eight "To Mr.___" in English; The Art of Cookery in English recto with De Arte Poetica in Latin verso throughout; ending with one "To Mr. ___" in English. Both humorous and outlandish, Latin and English, real and fictitious, and the "f"s are "s"s. ART117624. Seller Inventory # OWBART117624

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Title: ART OF COOKERY in Imitation of Horace's Art ...

Publisher: London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Crofs-Keys between the two Temple Gates at Fleet-Street, [1708].

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition