The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy Which Far Excwiki
by Hannah Glasse
| The Art of Cookery | |
| Title page from The Art of Cookery, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Police Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Writer | Hannah Glasse |
| Editor | {{{editor}}} |
| Translator | {{{trans}}} |
| Published | London: Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, Due west. Strahan, P. Davey and B. Law |
| Date | 1760 |
| Edition | Seventh |
| Language | English |
| Volumes | {{{ready}}} book set |
| Pages | vi, 384 |
| Desc. | 8vo (21 cm.) |
| Location | Shelf Due north-4 |
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Hannah Glasse (1708-1770) was born the illegitmate daughter of Isaac Allgood, a landowner in Northumberland, England.[one] Allgood raised Glasse with the rest of his family, giving her a take chances to savor the lavish lifestyle and food of country landowners.[2] Hannah married soldier John Glasse when she was 16, and the Glasses served in an earl's household in Essex for several years before moving to London.[3]
Her husband was a costless spender and Hannah began work on The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Like shooting fish in a barrel in 1746 to help her finances.[4] To distinguish her cookbook from previous publications, her recipes independent easy-to-read-and-follow instructions, and methods to weigh and mensurate ingredients that did not require readers to purchase expensive equipment.[5] Her recipes could be created in a basic eye-class kitchen; most other cookbooks available at the time were written for professional chefs and independent elaborate dishes designed for a mansion's or restaurant's cooking facilities.[6]
The Art of Cookery'southward first edition was published in 1747.[vii] It was a slap-up success, going through xx editions in the 18th century and published continuously through 1843.[8] Glasse's book was highly influential throughout its published life, and some modern British nutrient writers call Glasse "the showtime domestic goddess"[9] and "the mother of the modern dinner party".[10]
The Fine art of Cookery brought Glasse financial security for a while, only it would not last. On May 27, 1754, she was declared bankrupt, and on October 29 of that twelvemonth, Glasse had to sell her copyright in the volume to bookseller Andrew Miller and his partners.[11] Glasse was discharged from bankruptcy on January xi, 1755[12], only she fell into further financial trouble and on June 22, 1757, she was sent to debtor's prison, then released later that year.[13] Glasse wrote two subsequent books, The Servants Directory in 1757 and The Compleat Confectioner in 1760, but neither work was as successful equally her kickoff.[fourteen] Hannah Glasse died September 1, 1770, at historic period 62.[15]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
According to the J. Royle Daybook, George Wythe ordered "Glasses' Cookery" in March of 1764.[16] Both Goodwin'south pamphlet[17]and Chocolate-brown'south Bibliography[18] list the seventh edition of Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery published in London in 1760. George Wythe's Library[xix] on LibraryThing also includes Glasse's work but indicates "Precise edition unknown." The Wolf Police Library followed the recommendations of Goodwin and Brown and purchased the 1760 edition of The Fine art of Cookery.
Description of the Wolf Law Library'south re-create
Bound in afterwards one-half calf with calf corners and marbled boards. Purchased from Charles Agvent.
Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the tape for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
Run into likewise
- An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding
- George Wythe Room
- Wythe's Library
References
- ↑ Laura Boyle, "Hannah Glasse", Jane Austen.co.uk, final modified October 13, 2011. [ane]
- ↑ Rose Prince, "Hannah Glasse: The original domestic goddess", The Independent (Great britain), June 24, 2006, accessed July x, 2013. [2]
- ↑ Boyle, "Hannah Glasse."
- ↑ Prince, "Hannah Glasse: The Original Domestic Goddess."
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Boyle, "Hannah Glasse."
- ↑ Boyle, "Hannah Glasse."
- ↑ "Hannah Glasse: The First Domestic Goddess", BBC Four, accessed July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Boyle, "Hannah Glasse."
- ↑ A. H. T. Robb-Smith, "Glasse , Hannah (bap. 1708, d. 1770)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed June 27, 2013.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Boyle, "Hannah Glasse."
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ J. Royle Ms Daybook, Williamsburg Printing Office, 1764.
- ↑ Mary R. Grand. Goodwin, The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), LII.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Give-and-take file. Before edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
- ↑ LibraryThing, south.v. "Fellow member: George Wythe," accessed on March v, 2014.
External links
- Read this book in Google Books.
Source: https://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php/Art_of_Cookery
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