La Cocina Práctica Antique Spanish Cookbook Picadillo Early 20th Cent. Rebound

Description

La Cocina Práctica is a classic Spanish cookbook by Manuel María Puga y Parga, better known as Picadillo, with a prologue written by renowned Spanish author Emilia Pardo Bazán. Originally first published in 1905, this copy is an early Spanish printing, though the exact edition is unknown due to rebinding and missing preliminary pages before the prologue. The book was printed in Spain, is entirely in Spanish, and features original deckle-edged pages, consistent with early 20th-century printing practice.

What makes this copy especially interesting is its mid-20th-century rebinding: the boards are creatively covered with a fragment of a Spanish calendar from 1973, giving it a unique, one-of-a-kind folk-art / vernacular binding. Interior content begins with the prologue and continues with traditional Spanish recipes and culinary commentary, through an index at the end.

This is an excellent piece for collectors of antique cookbooks, Spanish culinary history, or literary eph