99 Practical Methods of Utilizing Boiled Beef and The Original Recipe for Stewed Chicken. By Babet. Preface by Mme. M. de Fontclose. Translated from the French by A. R.

New York: John Ireland, 1893. Book. Oblong 8vo, illustrated boards, blue cloth spine. Pp. 18 + 19-122 numbered leaves, one side only, + 2 pp. ads. Moderate wear at extremities, inner front hinge starting but secure. A very good, clean copy within. Sole edition, an early example of single-ingredient cookbook tradition that continues to the present, first published in Paris the year before. With a contemporary ownership signature "Property of Mrs. A. Rath", perhaps the translator "A.R." of the title? Bitting, p. 23; Culinary Americana 2515; not in Cagle and Stafford..