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Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's Present: Or, the best Instructions for Young Women..., engraved portrait, title in red and black, broken with gatherings becoming loose, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed, scuff to upper cover, joints cracked, [Maclean p.75; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle p.564, Oxford p.83 & Vicaire p.465, other editions], 12mo, for M.Cooper...and C.Sympson, 1754.
*** Scarce. Originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion, most of the bibliographies do not include this edition, listing only the 1759 second edition. ESTC lists only 4 copies of this edition, all in America; COPAC lists a copy at Leeds University but not in the British Library.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/6f00fcee-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/31effb5c-d591-ee11-817a-7c1e5204c008.webp "47
Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's Present: Or, the best Instructions for Young Women..., engraved portrait, title in red and black, broken with gatherings becoming loose, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed, scuff to upper cover, joints cracked, [Maclean p.75; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle p.564, Oxford p.83 & Vicaire p.465, other editions], 12mo, for M.Cooper...and C.Sympson, 1754.
*** Scarce. Originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion, most of the bibliographies do not include this edition, listing only the 1759 second edition. ESTC lists only 4 copies of this edition, all in America; COPAC lists a copy at Leeds University but not in the British Library.")
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Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's Present: Or, the best Instructions for Young Women..., engraved portrait, title in red and black, broken with gatherings becoming loose, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed, scuff to upper cover, joints cracked, [Maclean p.75; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle p.564, Oxford p.83 & Vicaire p.465, other editions], 12mo, for M.Cooper...and C.Sympson, 1754.
⁂ Scarce. Originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion, most of the bibliographies do not include this edition, listing only the 1759 second edition. ESTC lists only 4 copies of this edition, all in America; COPAC lists a copy at Leeds University but not in the British Library.
Lot 47
Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's Present: Or, the best Instructions for Young Women..., engraved portrait, for M.Cooper, 1754.
Hammer Price: £1,800
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Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's Present: Or, the best Instructions for Young Women..., engraved portrait, title in red and black, broken with gatherings becoming loose, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed, scuff to upper cover, joints cracked, [Maclean p.75; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle p.564, Oxford p.83 & Vicaire p.465, other editions], 12mo, for M.Cooper...and C.Sympson, 1754.
⁂ Scarce. Originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion, most of the bibliographies do not include this edition, listing only the 1759 second edition. ESTC lists only 4 copies of this edition, all in America; COPAC lists a copy at Leeds University but not in the British Library.
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