Briggs (Richard) The English art of cookery, according to the present practice; being a complete guide to all housekeepers, first Dublin edition, 24pp. of typographic bills of fare, some water-staining (mostly at end) , foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine (gilt text faded), spine creased and chipped, upper joint splitting, but holding, upper corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Maclean pp.15-16; cf. Bitting p.60 & Oxford pp.115-116], large 12mo, Dublin, Printed for P. Byrne, 1791.
⁂ Scarce. Briggs is described on the title as 'Many years cook at the Globe Tavern, Fleet-Street, the White Hart Tavern, Holborn, and now at the Temple Coffee-House, London'.
Provenance: 'Miss Lydia Rigby, Leasowe Castle, Nov. 21st, 1820'.
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