The art of cookery, in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry. With some letters to Dr. Lister, and others: occasion'd principally by the title of a book publish'd by the Doctor, being the works of Apicius Colius, Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Ancients. With an Extract of the greatest Curiosities contain'd in that Book. To which is added Horace's Art of poetry, in Latin. By the author of the Journey to London. Humbly inscrib'd to the Honourable Beef Steak Club

People / Organizations

• William King (Author)
• Bernard Lintot ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys between the two Temple Gates in Fleetstreet, [1712] The second edition.; ..

Publication year

1712

ESTC No.

T22443

Grub Street ID

246658

Description

[4],112,[4]p.,plate ; 8°.

Note

The author of the Journey to London = William King

Parallel Latin and English texts

With two final advertisement leaves

Date from Foxon; British Library catalogue gives date as [1710?]

Frontis. = plate

Perhaps printed by William Bowyer

Signatures: A-G]8] [H]]4

Signatures from Bowyer ledgers and Foxon.

Uncontrolled note

Foxon conjectures the date of this second edition as "1725?". The variant might have formed part of one of Curll's nonce collections. Possibly it is the 1725 edition recorded by Nichols I.327--Foxon