The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It, is by Alessandro Filippini, New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1889, Copyrighted 1889. The front of the book has copies of letters handwritten by Filipinni and Charles Delmonico. There are a few front pages that have come apart from the binding, but the rest of the book is intact. There are 432 pages and the book is 9 1/4 X 6. This is an exquisite book from the late 1800's.