BUCKMASTER'S COOKERY; With An Abridgment of Some of THE LECTURES Delivered in the Cookery School at the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards. Good. 304 pages. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Following the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851 there was a demand for lectures and demonstrations especially cookery lectures. This project was so popular and trendsetting that Queen Victoria and Princess Louise insisted on attending (this book is dedicated to the Prices Louise). Included in this edition is a fascinating lecture Buckmaster gave on the history of 'Early English food and cooking'. Also included in this edition is the lecture that the Queen and her daughter attended. Boards heavily rubbed, hinges cracked but holding