Fifty Salads Annotated and Illustrated

Full Colour Salad Recipe Book - This book is a collection of salad recipes, published in the late 1800's by Thomas J Murrey former professional Caterer of the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, and Astor House, New York. 
"A practical chef, Mr. Murrey brings to his volume the experience of many years in the leading kitchens of New York, and his recipes are those which have made the reputation of several famous restaurants." - Domestic Monthly 
The reader will come across a variety of directions to prepare different salads like lamb salad, carrot salad asparagus salad and strange combos such as frog salad, hop salad, and rabbit salad. 
For those readers's who dare, go through the recipes and look through the window into days long gone, take a culinary trip to the days of the late 18th century ... 
Historians, professional chefs and recipe book collectors in particular might find within this book a few of the absolute most interesting recipes they could have encountered for a long time.