The accomplisht cook, or The art and mystery of cookery : Wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, than hath been publisht in any language. Expert and ready ways for the dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, with variety of sauces proper for each of them; and how to raise all manner of pastes; the best directions for all sorts of kickshaws, also the terms of carving and sewing. An exact account of all dishes for all seasons of the year, with other a-la-mode curiosities. The fourth edition, with large additions throughout the whole work: besides two hundred figures of several forms for all manner of bak'd meats, (either flesh, or fish) as pyes, tarts, custards, cheesecakes, and florentines, placed in tables, and directed to the pages they appertain to. Approved by the fifty five years experience and industry of Robert May, in his attendance on several persons of great honour.
| Author/creator | May, Robert |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Bear in St. Pauls Church-Yard, near the little north-door, 1678. |
| Description | [32], 461, [11] p., [4] folded plates : ill., port. (woodcuts, metal cut) |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240858552 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | A variant of the edition with "printed for Robert Hartford" in imprint. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. |
| References | Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) M1393B |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2502:16) |
| Stock number | CL0037000104 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |