"The Compleat Housewife: or accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion being a collection of upwards of six hundred of the most approved receipts in Cookery ..... Cordials" by E. Smith - R. Ware, London - 1753 edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: in leather binding, with wear and rubbing to boards, lacks ffep and plates, some page foxing. Rare title. Cookery book written by Eliza Smith which was first published in 1727 and ran through 18 editions by 1773. The first four editions were published under the byline "E S", but Smith did reveal she was a woman 'constantly employed in fashionable and noble Families for the Space of thirty Years and upwards'. The fifth edition of 1732 gave the author's name as 'E. Smith'. It was the first cookery book to be published in the Thirteen Colonies of America and was printed in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1742. It contained the first published recipe for 'katchup' which included mushrooms, anchovies and horseradish, it also appears to be the earliest source for bread and butter pudding.