The Queens Closet Opened

W. M. ,[ Walter Montagu(e) ]: The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chirurgery, Preserving, and Candying, &c. Which Were presented unto the Queen. 3 parts in one Volume, London

Blind stamped calf with 3 raised bands and gilt titles to spine Period style rebind with new endpapers. E1- E2- E3- E11- E12 repaired with loss to a few letters on E3 and E12. Lacks 06. The inscription - "Elizabeth Comber her book 1666" to endpaper Corrected and Reviewed Edition with many Additions: together with three exact tables [5], 14pp table, 330pp, 14pp table, 137pp, table 7pp :: 110mm x 60mm (4" x 2") :: By the most Experienced Persons of the Times; many whereof were had in esteem, when She pleased to descend to Private Recreations. A Queens Delight. Or, The Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying. As Also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most excellent Waters. The Compleat Cook: Expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether Italian, Spanish, or French, for Dressing of Flesh, and Fish, ordering of Sauces, or making of Pastrey. The author of this fascinating early book is unknown though Walter Montagu[e] who has been described as a leading member of Queen Henrietta Maria's court. The third part of these three volumes [The Compleat Cook] was added to later editions. The first two parts are continuously paginated, the third separately. The contents enclose an amazing array of recipes, from the prevention and cure of the Plague, hair loss to recipes for ointment to aid ones success at angling English

[SW: Cooking Medicine Pre-1750]

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