The Delectable Past: Joys of the table from Rome to Mrs Beeton, Menus and Manners
by Esther B. Aresty
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
The Delectable Past Cookbook by Esther B. Aresty Designed by Eve Metz . Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1964, 1st edition, hard cover, 254 pages, includes black and white illustrations, index and notes. Condition: Very Good, some light shelf wear and small chips and tears to edges of the dust cover. Binding is tight, pages are clean with some patina . See photos for more detail . 9 1/2 X 6 1/4 inches . by Esther Aresty from her collection of rare old cookbooks. Here is the 16th century version of Italian Green Sauce, and the original Pie That the Birds May Flie Out Of . Here is the banquet menu for a Renaissance Pope, and a Victorian clergyman's poetic Potato Salad etc . With Dust Jacket
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- Bookseller
- Antiquity Treasure Hunter (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Cook 115
- Title
- The Delectable Past
- Author
- Esther B. Aresty
- Illustrator
- Designed by Eve Metz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ancient recipes
- Size
- 9.5 X 6.25
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Antiquity Treasure Hunter
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Knoxville, Tennessee
About Antiquity Treasure Hunter
I have collected different books, especially cookbooks since I was a teenager so there is a lot of older books on my site.
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- Tight
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