Mrs Beeton’s Everyday Cookery and Housekeeping Book Richly illustrated including beautiful coloured plates, and one large tipped in plate as frontispiece First Edition Thus Published by Ward Lock and Bowden Ltd London, undated, 1891(?) Hardback cover, leather (?) tan brown pictorial cover with gold titles and blue and black detail in the drawings, table set for dinner with patterned plates and jugs at the top. The picture goes round to the spine, lady servant in black and white Victorian costume, white apron, arranging food on the table. Plain on the back. Very good condition. 568 pages, clean Tightly bound Endpapers, adverts browned, front one loose Plates all clean and in perfect condition Includes many old and rare seasonal recipes Scarce collectable A lovely copy of this classic antique cookery book