Manual de Cocina. Recetas Recopiladas por la Srta. Maria Isla Quien las Cedió á la Casa "Isa Misericordia Cristiana"
Puebla: Tip. de la "Misericordia Cristiana" 1911. 547pp. 12mo. Contemporary rust-colored cloth, front board stamped in black. Corners and spine ends heavily worn, stamping faded; rear hinge tender. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Text lightly toned, slight wear. Good. Item #4657
Expanded second edition of this Mexican cook book, after the first of 1905. The current edition has been revised, corrected, and updated with more than 300 additional recipes. The verso of the introduction is adorned with a handsome wood cut of an opulent meal at table. The volume is filled with a wide variety of recipes for papas, tortillas, huevos, lenguas, sopas, lomos, salsas, pastels, and more. The recipes here are sorted by subject -- consomes, pescados, carnes, reposteria, etc. -- with an index at the end, also sorted by types of foods. We find fewer than ten copies of this work in OCLC, and only two of the first edition. This volume with the ownership inscription of Guadalupe Perez San Vicente, and obviously much loved and utilized.
Price: $1,000.00