579. Nott (John) The Cook’s and Confectioner’s Dictionary, first edition , engraved frontispiece by John Pine, frontispiece loose, woodcut showing table settings, early ink signature on head of title, occasional spotting and browning, mainly marginal, a few scattered stains, Z marginal tear, contemporary calf, spine cracked, spine ends defective, corners rather worn, 8vo, for C. Rivington, 1723.
est. £400 – £600
"The author was cook to the epicurean Duke of Bolton and others of the Court circle. Written at the end of his career, the book exemplifies the court cookery of the later Stuart era, borrowing from the better English writers, and giving many continental recipes, some derived from Massialot. Unusually, he writes generously of his colleagues." (John Lyle)