Blackawton, Totnes, Devon : Prospect Books, Date: 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Physical description: lv, 294 p. : 1 ill., port. ; 23 cm. Notes: ""Edited from the first edition (1669) with introduction, notes and appendices by Jane Stevenson and Peter Davidson"". Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Cooking, English; Early works to 1800; Liquors; Early works to 1800; Brewing Amateur's manuals; Cookery, English; Wine and wine making; Mead; Early works to 1800. 1997. Blackawton, Totnes, Devon : Prospect Books ISBN 0907325769 9780907325765 [IE]

ISBN10: 0907325769, ISBN13: 9780907325765, [publisher: Prospect Books] Hardcover Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) was a soldier, sailor, pirate and diplomat; man of letters, bibliophile and collector; alchemist, scientist, philosopher, medical theorist and mathematician; a man of sensibility, a great lover, and a cook. Elizabeth Davis wrote: 'His book is a beautiful piece of English kitchen literature as well as a collection of recipes set down with considerable accuracy.' 300pp. Some very light shelf wear and slight discoloration to text block o/w a really lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING.
[Hereford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]