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Food and Drink.- Henderson (William Augustus) The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, 2 folding, lacking final leaf (list of subscribers, S onwards), water-stained, modern calf, spine faded, W. & J.Stratford, [?1790] § Glasse (Hannah) The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy, twentieth edition, folding letterpress bill of fare (tears to folds, some holes, most repaired), modern half calf, Edinburgh, 1791 § [Kitchiner (W.)] The Cook's Oracle, fifth edition, foxed and stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 1823 § Macdonald (James) Food from the Far West or, American Agriculture with special reference to the Beef Production and Importation of Dead Meat from America to Great Britain, first edition, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end, modern half calf, spine gilt, London & Edinburgh, 1878; and 2 others on cookery, 8vo et infra (6) ⁂ The fourth is a scarce account of cattle-raising and the beef trade in America.