A New System of Domestic Cookery
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A New System of Domestic Cookery, by Mrs. Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1745-December 16, 1828), was the most popular English cookbook
of the first half of the nineteenth century; it is often referred to simply as "Mrs. Rundell", but its full title is New System of Domestic Cookery: Founded up Principles of Economy; and Adapted to the Use of Private Families.
The first edition of 1806 was a short collection of recipes published by John Murray
. It went through dozens of editions, both legitimate and pirated, in both Britain and the United States, where the first edition was published in 1807.http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/authors/author_rundell.html The frontispiece typically credited the authorship to "A Lady". Later editions included many contributions by Emma Roberts.
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Cookbook
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of the first half of the nineteenth century; it is often referred to simply as "Mrs. Rundell", but its full title is New System of Domestic Cookery: Founded up Principles of Economy; and Adapted to the Use of Private Families.
The first edition of 1806 was a short collection of recipes published by John Murray
John Murray (publisher)
John Murray is an English publisher, renowned for the authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, and Charles Darwin...
. It went through dozens of editions, both legitimate and pirated, in both Britain and the United States, where the first edition was published in 1807.http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/authors/author_rundell.html The frontispiece typically credited the authorship to "A Lady". Later editions included many contributions by Emma Roberts.
Republished By Persephone Books
The 1816 Edition of A New System of Domestic cookery was republished in 2008 by Persephone BooksPersephone Books
Persephone Books is an independent publisher based in Bloomsbury, London. Founded in 1999 by Nicola Beauman, Persephone has a catalogue of 93 "neglected novels, diaries, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, biography and cookery books, mostly by women and mostly dating from the early to...
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