Author: MURRAY, ALEXANDER, M.D.
Title: THE DOMESTIC ORACLE: or, A Complete System of Modern Cookery and Family Economy: Containing Directions for Purchasing, Keeping and Dressing All Kinds of Butcher's Meat, Fish, Poultry and Game [etc. etc.] [and] To the Whole are Added Hints to Masters and Instructions To Servants [etc. etc.] And A Copious Collection of Receipts, [etc etc.] [Murray's Oracle of Domestic Cookery]
Description: London, Fisher & Son, 1841. 1841. Hardcover . Hardback, octavo, original gilt & embossed maroon pebbled cloth, pp [xviii] +569 + viii, Fair condition. Endpapers present, hinges intact, text block remains mostly well-bound, but gutter splits fore and aft. The preliminary 18 pages are title page (London, Printed for the Publisher, no date, with cp blank) + 8 plates printed one-side only (plates stating: Fisher & Son, 1841). Last page of index has instructions for placing/distributing throughout the book these 8 plates as well as a frontis that is missing & absent from this copy. One of the eight plates is loose and has a tear at the gutter edge affecting one image. Text is tanned/age discolored with occasional smudges, edge problems. Some foxing incl tp + writing and small scribble ffep & pencil scribbling to some of the plates. Titled spine only w/ titling darkened. Covers mottling and fading from moisture, mostly to front cover and along front hinge of spine. Lower corners rubbed through. Light musty odor. Fair.

Keywords: Cooking Cookery Recipes Cookbooks 19th Century