Online Auction #6 - Gastronomy

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A private collection of antiquarian books on cookery and household management: 95 single-item lots of mainly 18th and 19th century editions. Highlights include the first edition of Robert Smith’s Court Cookery (1723), a signed copy of Elizabeth Raffald’s The Experienced English Housekeeper (1773, third edition), Markham's A Way to get Wealth (1683), Mary Cole’s The Lady's Complete Guide (1791, third edition), and Williamson’s The Colonial Baker (a rare 1900 regional imprint from Yass in NSW, with an unrecorded supplement).

Bidding opens Tuesday 19 March 2019
Final bidding Sunday 31 March from 3pm (ACDT)

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Buyer's premium: 20%
Online bidding fee: 3%
Currency: Australian Dollars
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