Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder: Containing a New and Improved Code of Eatics; Select Epicurean Precepts; Nutritive Maxims, Reflections, Anecdotes, &c. Illustrating the Veritable Science of the Mouth which Includes the Art of Never Breakfasting at Home, and Always Dining Abroad
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. First American Edition. Octavo; 212pp + 8pp of publisher's prospectuses. Two engraved humorous frontispieces—the Roman Senate contemplating a turbot, and Mr. Eatingtown being obsequious—which are repeated as illustrations later in the text. Original paper boards with cloth spine and printed spine label. Untrimmed..... More