£90
Careme, M Antonin "L' Art de la Cuisine Française au XIXème siècle", Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1833, 2 vols, titled vols I and III, engraved portrait frontis, engraved half title to both vols., engraved headers and tailpieces, 12 folding plates in vol III, some foxing, half leather over boards, gilt decorations and titles to backstrips, corners and backstrip rubbed, handwritten notebook, early 20th century, recipes for medicines, powders, tonics, for both human and animal consumption, labels from Browns Chemist in Cockermouth paste in, to include ring worm ointment, scurvy or cracked heels, ginger beer recipe, cocain (sic) and menthol snuff, etc., leather covers , pages loose, with another early 20th century handwritten recipe book to include French pudding, kedgeree, German souffle, Yorkshire breakfast dish and others, with a later hand adding their own to the book, full leather with gilt initials blindstamped on upper cover M S S., worn (4)
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