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]

ISBN10: 0907325769, ISBN13: 9780907325765, [publisher: Blackawton, Totnes, Devon : Prospect Books] Hardcover First Edition 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. 1 Kg.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0907325769, ISBN13: 9780907325765, [publisher: Prospect Books] Hardcover Many of the recipes are for drinks, particularly of meads or metheglins, but the culinary material provides a remarkable conspectus of accepted practice among court circles in Restoration England, with extra details supplied from Digby's European travels. The editors also include the inventory of Digby's own kitchen in his London house, discovered amongst papers now deposited in the British Library; and they have provided a few modern interpretations of Digby's recipes. The work was last printed in 1910, in a sound edition that is no longer easily available. This new version has several improvements. The editors discuss the role of George Hartman in the compilation of the book, and relate its contents to the work that went out in 1682 over Hartman's own name, The True Preserver and Restorer of Health. There is a full glossary and the reader will be helped by the extensive biographical notes about people named in the text as the source of recipes. 1997. A fine copy in a near fine d/w with a very short tear to the base of the front panel.
[York, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1997]