Rose (Giles) A perfect school of instructions for the officers of the mouth: shewing the whole art of a master of the houshold [sic], a master carver, a master butler, a master confectioner, a master cook, a master pastryman..., first edition in English, woodcut illustrations, lacking title, C1 and C6&7, E5 tear to head, with loss of part of headline, E7 small piece torn from lower corner, with loss of a word, F9 torn with loss of text and repaired, repairs, foxing, some staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving an earlier black leather label, covers scuffed, [Bitting p. 407; Cagle 970; Oxford p.42; Wing R1933], 12mo, Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes in Russel-street in Covent-Garden, 1682. sold not subject to return.

⁂ A rare copy at auction of the first English translation of l'Escole Parfaite des Officiers de Bouches, 1662. Bitting notes that the 'translation is much scarcer than the original'. Includes frog and tortoise tarts and directions for folding napkins.