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Book/Printed Material The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery Accomplisht-ladys delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery / Accomplished lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery / Physical cabinet / New and excellent experiments and secrets in the art of angling / Compleat cook's guide

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Title

  • The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing, I. The art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets; and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them

Other Title

  • Accomplisht-ladys delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery
  • Accomplished lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery
  • Physical cabinet
  • New and excellent experiments and secrets in the art of angling
  • Compleat cook's guide

Names

  • Woolley, Hannah, active 1670, attributed name
  • Harris, Benjamin, -1716? printer
  • Oxford, Arnold Whitaker, 1854- former owner
  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for B. Harris and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1675.

Contents

  • "The physical cabinet", "New and excellent experiments and secrets in the art of angling" and "The compleat cook's guide" each have a separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.

Headings

  • -  Cooking--Early works to 1800
  • -  Traditional medicine--Early works to 1800
  • -  Beauty, Personal--Early works to 1800
  • -  Canning and preserving--Early works to 1800
  • -  Medicine, Popular--Early works to 1800

Genre

  • Cookbooks

Notes

  • -  LAC tnb 2019-02-26 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-03-06 review
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-03-11
  • -  Added t.p. and frontispiece are engraved.
  • -  Pref. signed: T.P.
  • -  Has been attributed to Hannah Woolley.
  • -  Signatures: A² B-R¹² S⁴.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: pp. 51-70 and pp. 195-238 (New and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling) wanting.
  • -  ESTC R8138
  • -  Oxford, A.W. English cookery books to the year 1850, p. 37
  • -  LC copy: bookplate of Arnold W. Oxford; inscription of Mary Ware.

Medium

  • [4], 382, [10] p. : ill. ; 15 cm. (12mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX705 .A26

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75320945

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Woolley, Hannah, Active 1670, Attributed Name, Benjamin Harris, Arnold Whitaker Oxford, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery: containing, I. The art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets; and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them. London: Printed for B. Harris and are to be sold at his shop, 1675. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/75320945/.

APA citation style:

Woolley, H., Harris, B., Oxford, A. W. & Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. (1675) The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery: containing, I. The art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets; and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them. London: Printed for B. Harris and are to be sold at his shop. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/75320945/.

MLA citation style:

Woolley, Hannah, Active 1670, Attributed Name, et al. The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery: containing, I. The art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets; and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them. London: Printed for B. Harris and are to be sold at his shop, 1675. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/75320945/>.