The Complete Economical Cook, and Frugal Housewife; an Entirely New System of Domestic Cookery, Containing Approved Directions For Purchasing, Preserving, and Cooking, Also, Preparing Soups, Gravies, Sauces, Made Dishes, With Directions For Pastry and Confectionery

London: William Tegg and Co, 1848. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An uncommon sixteenth edition of Mary Holland's popular cookery work, providing recipes, as well as offering advice on diets and health. An uncommon sixteenth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and four plates. This work is a duodecimo, with the signatures B-Z6, 2A-2O6. Bound without front endpaper. 'The Complete Economical Cook' is a useful Georgian cookery book, putting forward simple and basic recipes for housekeepers and cooks to use, explained in a simple manner. The author also proposes advice on how to manage a family, and how to maintain a proper and healthy diet for the benefit of a family. In this, she advises the importance of having a substantial breakfast. The work also provides advice on how to carve meat, and how to pick the best poultry at the market. At the time that this was originally published, there was a booming popularity for the relatively new genre and market for cookery books. Written by Mary Holland. Very little is known about the life of Mary Holland. The sixteenth edition of Mary Holland's uncommon cookery work. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light fading to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Lacks front endpaper. Label to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Frontispiece is detached but present. Ink mark margin of page 214. Good