(1682) The Compleat Housewife (first American edition 1742) by Eliza Smith The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (1747) by Hannah Glasse Hjelpreda I Hushållningen För Unga Fruentimber (1755) by Cajsa Warg The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769) by Elizabeth Raffald American Cookery (1796) by Amelia Simmons A New System of Domestic Cookery (1806) by Maria Eliza Rundell Le Cuisinier Royal (1817) by André Viard Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845) by Eliza Acton El Cocinero Puerto - Riqueño 1859 (author unknown)Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861) by Mrs BeetonПодарок молодым хозяйкам, A Gift to Young Housewives (first Russian edition 1861) by Elena MolokhovetsDomestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen (1866) by Malinda Russell – first known cookbook by an African American womanLa scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene (1891) by Pellegrino ArtusiThe Epicurean (1894) by Charles RanhoferThe Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt FarmerThe Settlement Cook Book (1901) and 34 subsequent editions by Lizzie Black KanderThe Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes (1901) by Mrs. W.G. Waters Various cookbooks (between 1903 and 1934) by Auguste EscoffierEdmonds Cookery Book (1908) by T.J. Edmonds LtdThe Joy of Cooking (1931) by Irma RombauerLarousse Gastronomique (1938)Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food (first Soviet edition 1939) by the Institute of Nutrition, USSRO Livro de Pantagruel (first edition 1946) by Bertha Rosa-LimpoA Book of Mediterranean Food (1950) by Elizabeth DavidIl cucchiaio d'argento (1950)The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (1954) by Alice B. ToklasCooking with the Chinese Flavor (1956) and subsequent books by Lin Tsuifeng ("Mrs. Lin Yutang")Mrs Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery (1961) by Mrs Balbir SinghMastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) by Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle and Julia ChildTen Talents (1968) by Rosalie HurdHelen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook (1969) by Helen Gurley Brown The Fanny and Johnnie Cradock Cookery Programme (1970) by Fanny and Johnnie CradockDiet for a Small Planet (1971) by Frances Moore LappéThe Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975) by Louise HaglerThe Complete International Jewish Cookbook (1976) by Evelyn RoseMoosewood Cookbook (1978) by Mollie KatzenAustralian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book (1980) by Maryanne Blacker and Pamela Clark Collections and collectors Several libraries have extensive collections of cookbooks. Harvard's Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America has a collection of 20,000 cookbooks and other books on