The Art of Carving
Excerpted from a Work Entitled 'The Honours of the Table' (1788)

This 1932 book reproduces the section on carving from the Revd. Dr John Trusler's The Honours of the Table.

John Trusler (Author)

9781107619326, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2013

90 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 0.4 cm, 0.98 kg

Originally published in 1932 as an extract from a longer text of 1788, this book reproduces the section on carving from the Revd Dr John Trusler's The Honours of the Table. The text includes woodcuts of the varieties of meat to be carved annotated with suggested incisions. This book will be of value to anyone interested in historical etiquette or in the complex art of table manners.

The art of carving: excerpted from a work entitled 'The Honours of the Table' (1788).

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]