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LESLIE, ELIZA. Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats by Miss Leslie of Philadelphia. Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1832. Fourth edition ("improved, with an appendix"). Original blue cloth, paper label to spine. 7 inches (18 cm). iv, 104 pp. A well preserved example, with only minor splitting to joints (especially at base of spine) and wear to boards; bookplate and ink inscription to front endpapers.
A significant early American cookbook, assembled with the express purpose of circulating American recipes as opposed to imports from Europe.