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Auction archive: Lot number 186

GLASSE, HANNAH The servants directory, or house-keepers companion: Wherein the Duties of the Chamber-Maid, Nursery-Maid, Hous...

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$500
Auction archive: Lot number 186

GLASSE, HANNAH The servants directory, or house-keepers companion: Wherein the Duties of the Chamber-Maid, Nursery-Maid, Hous...

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$500
Beschreibung:

GLASSE, HANNAH The servants directory, or house-keepers companion: Wherein the Duties of the Chamber-Maid, Nursery-Maid, Hous... . London: printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston in Ludgate Street, 1760. First (and only London) edition. Full contemporary calf. 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (20 x 12 cm); viii, [4] (the subscriber list), 80, [4], 432 pp. Light wear, neatly rebacked retaining the original spine, some minor marginal staining to the first section of the book, with the name E. Trist on the title. This is Glasse's last work, published after her release from Fleet Prison, where she had been imprisoned for debt following a financial debacle. Her Art of Cookery, published 1757, went through countless editions, and is arguably the single most important English cookbook of the 18th century. She hoped to recoup her fortunes with this work, which contains practical receipts for various servants (and thus sheds light on their expected duties), but it sold poorly, and did not go into a second London edition. (There were two Dublin editions, and several in the US, where the book had some popularity, but the author saw no recompense). Only 82 names are present on the subscriber list, which may account for the overall scarcity. We trace no copies at auction in the past quarter-century or so, and ESTC shows copies at only three locations in the UK, and four in the US. C

Auction archive: Lot number 186
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2013
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

GLASSE, HANNAH The servants directory, or house-keepers companion: Wherein the Duties of the Chamber-Maid, Nursery-Maid, Hous... . London: printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston in Ludgate Street, 1760. First (and only London) edition. Full contemporary calf. 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (20 x 12 cm); viii, [4] (the subscriber list), 80, [4], 432 pp. Light wear, neatly rebacked retaining the original spine, some minor marginal staining to the first section of the book, with the name E. Trist on the title. This is Glasse's last work, published after her release from Fleet Prison, where she had been imprisoned for debt following a financial debacle. Her Art of Cookery, published 1757, went through countless editions, and is arguably the single most important English cookbook of the 18th century. She hoped to recoup her fortunes with this work, which contains practical receipts for various servants (and thus sheds light on their expected duties), but it sold poorly, and did not go into a second London edition. (There were two Dublin editions, and several in the US, where the book had some popularity, but the author saw no recompense). Only 82 names are present on the subscriber list, which may account for the overall scarcity. We trace no copies at auction in the past quarter-century or so, and ESTC shows copies at only three locations in the UK, and four in the US. C

Auction archive: Lot number 186
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2013
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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