Historic cookbooks 1800-Civil War

Domestic Cookery by Elizabeth Ellicott Lea. Old pins attach clippings in the 1846 edition which also has additional recipes written throughout the book. The closed book is the 1851 edition. Her book, first published in 1845, was enlarged in the next two editions, and continued to be reprinted for 25 years. The recipes include Quaker, Pa. Dutch, Maryland, Philadelphian and Creole dishes. Elizabeth Ellicott was born to wealthy Quaker parents in Ellicott Mills [Ellicott City], Maryland in 1793 and lived in Brandywine Village [Wilmington DE] after her marriage to Thomas Lea. Eleven years later they moved to Sandy Springs, Maryland, where she died in 1858.

Child, Lydia Maria Francis. The Frugal Housewife. Boston: 1830
Copley, Esther Hewlett. Cottage Comforts. London: 1830 7th
A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy, timber trees, fruits. London: 1830
Dolby, Richard. The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory. London: 1830
Kitchiner, William. The Cook's Oracle. New York: 1830
Caldwell, Maggie. Maggie Caldwell's cookbook, a Quaker lady 1800-1860
The Cook Not Mad, or, Rational Cookery. Watertown: 1831
A New Collection of Genuine Receipts: For the Preparation and Execution of Curious Arts. Boston: 1831
Child, Lydia Maria Francis. The American Frugal Housewife. 1832
Lee, N.K.M. The Cook's Own Book. Boston: 1832
Leslie, Eliza. Seventy-five Receipts for pastry cakes, and sweetmeats... Philadelphia: 1832
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. A New System of Domestic Cookery. London: 1833
Careme, Marie Antonin. The Royal Parisian pastrycook and confectioner. London: 1834
Copley, Esther Hewlett. Cottage Comforts. London: 1834 12th
Black, William. A practical treatise on brewing... 40 years experience. London: 1835
Blunt, G.W. Merchant and Seaman's Expeditious Measurer. New York: 1835
Roberts, W. H. The British wine-maker...brewing. Edinburgh: 1835
Kitchiner, William. The Cook's Oracle. Edinburgh: 1836 new ed
Mollard, John. The Art of Cookery. London: 1836 new ed.
Roberts, I. The Young Cook's Guide... of French and English Cookery. London: 1836
Beauvilliers, Antoine. A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery. London: 1837 4th ed
Child, Lydia Maria Francis. The family nurse, or, Companion of the frugal housewife. London: 1837
Graham, Sylvester. Treatise on bread, and bread-making. Boston: 1837
Green, Francis. The Housekeeper's Book. Phila: 1837
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. The new family receipt book. London: 1837
Alcott, William The Young house-keeper. Boston: 1838 3d
Copley, Esther. The Housekeeper's Guide. London: 1838
Randolph, Mary. The Virginia Housewife, Or, Methodical Cook, Baltimore: 1838
Bryan, Lettice. The Kentucky Housewife. 1839
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell. The Good Housekeeper. Boston: 1839

Dalgairns, Mrs. [Catherine]. The Practice of Cookery. London: 1840
La cuisinière canadienne. Montréal: 1840
Leslie, Eliza. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches. Philadelphia: 1840
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. A New System of Domestic Cookery: With the Addition of Many New Receipts. London: 1840
Masters, P. The Young Cook's Assistant. London: 1841
Roberts, I. The young cook's guide. London: 1841
Gibbons, Merle. The domestic dictionary and housekeeper's manual. London: 1842
Lombez. Nouvelle cuisiniere bourgeoise Paris: 1842
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. A New System of Domestic Cookery... Many New Receipts. London: 1842
Cremer, John. The housekeeper's guide to the fish-market for each month of the year. London: 1843
Ellis, Sarah. Mrs. Ellis's Housekeeping Made Easy. NY: 1843
Pereira, Jonathan. A treatise on food and diet. New York: 1843
Bernardi, T. Le glacier royal, ou, L'art de donner des bals et soirees. Paris: 1844
Bury, Charlotte. The Lady's Own Cookery Book. London: 1844 3d
The United States Practical Receipt Book: Or, Complete Book of Reference, for the Manufacturer. Phila: 1844
Webster, A. L. The Improved Housewife. Hartford: 1844 2d rev
Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery, in all its branches. London: 1845 2d
Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery. Revised by Sarah Hale. Phila.: 1845
Allen, Ann. The Housekeeper's Assistant, Boston: 1845
Allen, Ann. The Orphan's Friend and Housekeeper's Assistant. London: 1845
Bregion, Joseph. The Practical Cook, English and Foreign. London: 1845
Crowen, T. J. Every lady's book. NY: 1845
Hale, Sarah. Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery. Phila.: 1845
Howland, Esther Allen. The New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book. Cincinnati: 1845.
Kitchiner, William. The Cook's Oracle. Edinburgh: 1845
Alcott, William Andrus. The Young House-Keeper: or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery, Boston: 1846
Audot, Louis. French Domestic Cookery - La cuisiniere de la campagne... London, 1846
Cooley, Arnold. A Cyclopædia of Several Thousand Practical Reciepts. NY: 1846
Francatelli, Charles Elme. The Modern Cook. London: 1846
Montefiore, Judith Cohen. The Jewish Manual.London: 1846
Dod, Margaret. The Cook's and Housewife's Manual. 8th revised ed. Edinburgh: 1847
Leslie, Eliza. The Lady's Receipt-Book: A Useful Companion For Large Or Small Families. Philadelphia: 1847
Soyer, Alexis. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery. London: 1847 4th ed
Webster, A. L. The Improved Housewife. Hartford: 1847 9th rev
Abell, Mrs. L. G. Skilful housewife's manual: a book of domestic cookery, compiled from the best authors. Montreal: 1848
Campbell, Tunis. Hotel Keepers, Head Waiters, and Housekeepers' Guide. Boston: 1848.

Beecher, Catharine Esther. Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book. New York: 1850
Bliss. Practical Cook Book. Phila: 1850
Cobbett, William. Cottage Economy. 1850
C.E.D. La petite cuisinière; or, A selection of directions for the young housekeeper. London: 1850
Dalgairns, Mrs. [Catherine]. The Practice of Cookery. Edinburgh: 1850
Leslie, Eliza. Miss Leslie's Lady's House-book; a Manual of Domestic Economy. Phila: 1850
Alcott, William A. The young mother, or, Management of children in regard to health. Boston:1851.
The American Matron: or, Practical and Scientific Cookery. Boston: 1851
Catherine, Mademoiselle. Manuel complet de la cuisiniere bourgeoise. Paris: 1851 23 ed
Fuller, William. A manual: containing original recipes for preparing ices. London: 1851
Murray's modern cookery book. Modern domestic cookery, by a lady London 1851
Soyer, Alexis. The Modern Housewife: Or, Ménagère. Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic. London: 1851
Webster, A. L. The Improved Housewife. 1851
Antisell, Thomas. Hand-book of the Useful Arts. NY 1852
Bishop, Frederick. The Illustrated London Cookery Book. London: 1852
Careful, Martha. Household hints to young housewives. London: 1852 2d
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell. The Ladies' New Book Of Cookery. New York: 1852
Storke, Elliot G. Domestic and rural affairs, 1852
Branston, Thomas. The druggist's hand-book of practical receipts. Liverpool: 1853
Crawford, Frances. French cookery adapted for English families. London: 1853
Crawford, Frances. French confectionary adapted for English families. London: 1853
Philp, Robert. The Shopkeeper's Guide. London: 1853
Ure, Andrew. A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines... 1853
Cooley, Arnold. A Cyclopaedia of Six Thousand Practical Receipts. NY: 1854
Hale, Sarah Josepha. Modern household cookery. London: 1854
Hale, Sarah Josepha. The new household receipt-book. London: 1854
Hughes, William. A practical treatise on the choice and cookery of fish. London: 1854 2d
Leslie, Eliza. New Receipts for Cooking. Phila: 1854
MacKenzie, Colin. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts. Phila: 1854
Read, George. The complete biscuit and gingerbread baker's assistant . London: 1854
Soyer, Alexis. A shilling cookery for the people. London: 1854
Love, Thomas. The art of cleaning, dyeing, scouring, and finishing, on the most approved English and French.. London: 1855
Plain talk and friendly advice to domestics; with counsel on home matters.... 1855
Reid, Hartelaw. Cookery, rational, practical and economical, treated in connexion with the chemistry of food. London: 1855 2d
Cookery as it Should be. [became Mrs. Goodfellow's Cookery as it should be] Phila: 1856 3d revised ed.
Crowen, T. J. Every Lady's Cook Book. new & improved. NY: 1856
Nicholson, Elizabeth. What I Know; Or, Hints ... housekeeper. Phila: 1856
Parton, James. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language. NY: 1856 p459-
Peterson, Hannah. The national cook book. Phila: 1856 9th ed
Widdifield, Hannah. Widdifield's New Cook Book. Phila: 1856
Acton, Eliza. The English Bread-book for domestic use. London: 1857
Collins, Anna Maria. The Great Western Cook Book, Or Table Receipts, Adapted to Western Housewifery. New York: 1857
Ellet, Elizabeth Fries. The Practical Housekeeper. New York: 1857
Hale, Sarah. Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book. Phila: 1857
Hale, Sarah. Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the million. Phila: 1857
Leslie, Eliza. Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book. Phila: 1857
Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery. Revised by Sarah Hale. Phila.: 1858
Leslie, Eliza. Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery. Directions for Cookery. Phila: 1858
Philp, Robert. The Corner cupboard. London: 1858
Hill, Georgiana. The gourmet's guide to rabbit cooking. London: 1859
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. Mrs. Rundell's Domestic cookery. London: 1859 rev ed with additions
Timbs, John. Hints for the table: or, The economy of good living. London: 1859

Chase, A.W. Dr. Chase's Recipes. Ann Arbor: 1860
Edgeworth, Mary L. Mrs. The southern gardener and receipt book. Philadelphia: 1860.
Hall, Elizabeth. Practical American Cookery and Domestic Economy. NY: 1860
Meteyard, Eliza. Mainstone's Housekeeper. London: 1860
Randolph, Mary. The Virginia Housewife, Or, Methodical Cook, 1860
Riddell, R. Indian Domestic Economy and Receipt Book. Madras: 1860
Smith, John. The principles and practice of vegetarian cookery. London: 1860
Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management... 1861
Brinton, William, On food and its digestion: being an introduction to dietetics. London : 1861.
Haskell, E. F. The Housekeeper's Encyclopedia of Useful Information. NY: 1861
Hoskins, Thomas H. What we eat: an account of the most common adulterations of food and drink. Boston:1861.
Mann, Mrs. Horace. Christianity in the Kitchen: A Physiological Cook Book. Boston: 1861
Philp, Robert. The Dictionary of daily wants. London: 1861
Philp, Robert. The Family save-all, a system of secondary cookery. London: 1861
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets; or A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receipts on a Variety of Subjects. Toronto: 1861
Hill, Georgiana. Foreign Desserts. London: 1862
Williamson, I. The practice of cookery and pastry. Edinburgh: 1862
Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. London: 1863
Confederate Receipt Book. A Compilation of over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times. Richmond: 1863
Loftus, William. The Brewer: a Familiar Treatise on the Art of Brewing. London: 1863.
Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery. London: 1864 Revised and much enlarged
Chase, A.W. Dr. Chase's Recipes. 1864
Crowen, Mrs. T. J. The American System of Cookery. NY: 1864
Parkinson, Eleanor. The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-Cook And Baker. Philadelphia: 1864
Sanderson, J.M. The Complete Cook. Philadelphia: 1864
Weatherley, Henry. A Treatise on the Art of Boiling Sugar, Crystalliz8ing, Lozenge-Making, Comfits, Gum Goods, and Other Processes For Confectionery. Phila: 1864
Beeton, Isabella. Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of every-day cookery. London: 1865
Hill, Georgiana. The Breakfast Book. London: 1865
Hill, Georgiana. How to Cook Apples. London: 1865
Mrs. Goodfellow's ...1866 see: Cookery as it should be. Philadelphia: 1856

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