The Delectable Past (Esther B. Aresty)

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition, first printing. 

"The joys of the table - from Rome to the Renaissance, from Queen Elizabeth I to Mrs. Beeton. The menus, the manners - and the most delectable recipes of the past masterfully recreated for cooking and enjoying today."

Dust jacket shows shelf wear - closed tears along top front edge and chipping at spine ends and at folds. Interior pages lightly yellowed but otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding sound.