The Pleasures of the Table

Gastronomy from ancient days to modern times — the feasts of Greece and Rome, the great chefs and their schools, the literature of the table, and Ellwanger's own views on the aesthetics of dinner-giving.

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Warner (Rev. Richard). ANTIQUITATES CULINARIE; OR, CURIOUS TRACTS RELATING TO THE CULINARY AFFAIRS OF THE OLD ENGLISH. London: Printed for R. Blamire, 1791. (4to) pp. 137.

APICIAN MORSELS; OR, TALES OF THE TABLE, KITCHEN, AND LARDER. By Dick Humelbergius Secundus. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. (8vo) pp. 212. (A volume largely pirated from Grimod de la Reynière.) King (Wm.). THE ART OF COOKERY. A Poem in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. By the Author of a Tale of a Tub. Coqus omnia miscet-Juven. London: Printed, and are to be Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1708. (Small folio) pp. 22.

King (Wm.) THE ART OF COOKERY. With some Letters to Dr. Lister and Others, etc., to which is added Horace's Art of Poetry, in Latin. Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1740. (8vo) pp. 160.

Hayward (Anthony). THE ART OF DINING; OR, GASTRONOMY AND GASTRONOMERS. London: John Murray, 1852. (4) x 7 in.) pp. 137.

BANQUETT OF DAINTIES: FOR ALL SUCHE GESTS THAT LOUE MODERATT DYATE. By Theo. Hackett. London, 1566. (8vo) pp. 42.

Murrey (Thomas J.). THE BOOK OF ENTRÉES. New York:

White, Stokes & Allen, 1886. (44 x 6 in.) Farmer (Fannie Merritt). THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL Cook Book. By Fannie Merritt Farmer, Principal of the Boston Cooking School. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1896. (8vo) pp. xxx, 567.

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