Modern Cookery for Private Families is an English cookery book by Eliza Acton. It was first published by Longmans in 1845, and was a best-seller, running through 13 editions by 1853, though its sales
Title Page of 1860 edition
Cover of 1847 edition
Wood engraving of "Copper Fish or Ham Kettle"
Wood engraving of John Dory
A New System of Domestic Cookery, first published in 1806 by Maria Rundell, was the most popular English cookery book of the first half of the nineteenth century; it is often referred to simply as Mrs
Title page of 1813 edition
Frontispiece of a T. J. Allman edition
Recipe "Gravy to make Mutton eat like Venison"
Plate VI, "Venison. Beef."