Melbourne Rare Book Week

Isabella Beeton’s Book of Household Management was one of the most significant and commercially successful British cookery books of the nineteenth century. Its appearance marked a significant change in the way in which British cookery books were published, marketed and embraced. We will be exploring Mrs Beeton’s personal history and her contributions to cookery book publishing in Victorian Britain and the British Empire, before considering the convoluted publishing history of one of the English language’s most famous cookery books and all its descendants. Tastes from several of the ‘Beeton Books’ will be served, and various editions and versions of her books will be on display and for sale. Please join us as we discuss Isabella Beeton’s contribution to modern cookery and to rare books.

Presented by: Books for Cooks at Books for Cooks Bookshop 115 – 121 Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne