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Francatelli's The Modern Cook (1846) : 1462 Recipes by Queen Victoria's Chef
by [Francatelli, Charles Elme]; Introduction by Daniel V. Thompson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. (1973). Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Adhesive tape stains to boards. Sticky adhesive residue to edges of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xvii, [3], 21-585, [5 (blank)] pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 227 x 148mm. "Francatelli's importance is due largely to the fact that he was the most important 19th-century chef to introduce the fine art of French cooking to the English-speaking world. 'The Modern Cook,' the manual of this art, became so popular on its appearance that it went through numerous editions in England and soon after in America as well." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25141
- Title
- Francatelli's The Modern Cook (1846) : 1462 Recipes by Queen Victoria's Chef
- Author
- [Francatelli, Charles Elme]; Introduction by Daniel V. Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1973)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- Blurb
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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