Cornish cook.- [Rabisha (William)] The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, Taught, and fully manifested, Methodically, Artificially, and according to the best Tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c., [fourth edition], initial f. blank, U2 to the reader, title with small chip to lower blank corner, Q7 chip to outer margin, occasional minor worming to upper inner gutter (see sig. P in particular), closely trimmed at head, some spotting and [water-]staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, antique style light brown speckled panelled calf by John Gardner of Borough Green, Kent (with his signed certificate tipped-in at end, dated 1998), flat spine in compartments and with gilt title, [Bitting pp.386-387 (note); Cagle 943; Oxford pp.30-31 (note); Simon BG 1248 (note); Vicaire 727 (first edition); Wellcome IV, p.461; Wing R116a], 8vo, printed George Calvert at the Half-moon, and Ralph Simpson at the Harp, in St.Paul's Church-yard, 1682.*** The Cetus Library copy of this rare edition (sold Bloomsbury Auctions, 22nd September, 2011, lot 310). We can trace only three other copies at auction since 1970. Rabisha was a Cornishman who claimed to have worked for many noble families. The final two leaves list the food & drink and guests at 'A great feast made by George Nevill Chancellor of England, and Arch-Bishop of York, in the dayes of Edward the Fourth, 1468.'.