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Paris: Librairie Melet, 1901. Limited edition of 1,050 copies. Copy number 68 from the 1,000 copies printed on Velin paper. This copy has been bound in quarter light brown leather with contrasting leather label with gilt. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt and green silk page marker. Original paper covers bound-in. Pocket sized volume approx 127mm x 85mm. 63 pages plus illustrations. 25 dry point illustrations which have been coloured. Illustrations by Henri Boutet. Text (in French) by Hyppolite Devillers. Book in very good condition. Spine a little faded with some rubbing at extremities and a little cracking at hinges. Corners slightly worn/rubbed. Binding very sound. Exceptionally clean and bright. Altogether a lovely copy of this delightful book.

undated. Undated and lacking all before p11 of contents list, therefore no copyright or publisher information. The first page of text, following the contents pages, has the facsimile signature of Hannah Glass. There is also a reference on p354 (Additions) to the fifth edition, which would make this a sixth or later edition. Hardback. 8vo. Lacking all before p11 - p24 (contents), p21 - p361 (main body of text), p362 - p406 Appendix to the Art of Cookery, Advertisement leaf for ensuing section, p407 - 417 Receipts for Perfumery &c., p419 -p436 Index, then lacking p437 - p440, p441 - p442 Index. Rebound in quarter calf with raised bands to spine and new end-papers. This is an authorized edition, as indicated by the facsimile of the author's signature to the headpiece of the first page of the text. Up until the fourth edition, there was no author's name beyond the 'by a lady' style of the title page and James Boswell attributed the authorship to Dr John Hill in his 'Life of… Read More

London: N. Trubner & Co., 1867. First edition, 1867. One of 65 Demy Quarto copies printed on Whatman's paper made expressly for this edition (50 to subscribers, 10 to Public Libraries and 5 to editors). Vol. I: lxxiv, 536pp plus list of subscribers 12pp at rear; Vol. II: lxxi, 610pp; Vol. III: xliv, 595pp; Vol. IV: viii,128pp. Vo. IV is titled "Loose and Humorous Songs". Vol. I. also contains a fold-out facsimile ms of a song ("Sell my Wiffe") written in a 17th-century hand. This follows p536. Contemporary olive green straight grain morocco backed boards with gilt titles and decoration. Marbled end papers and top edge gilt. Bookplate of Joseph Knight to upper paste down of Vol. I. with his name in ink to front free blank of each volume and an ink stamp to same. (Joseph Knight was a renowned bibliophile who was variously dramatic critic of 'The Athenaeum', editor of 'Notes and Queries', a contributor to the 'Dictionary of National Biography' and… Read More

London & Edinburgh: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row; J. MUrray, Albemarle Street; John Greig, Upper-Street, Islington; and Constable and Co. Edinburgh., 1814. First edition, 1814. Two volumes. 4to. Vol. I: cxxvii, 1 - 92pp; Vol. II: 93 - 209, [3] blank pages, unpaginated index of 11 pages. Original half leather with five raised bands to spines. Marbled boards. Gilt to spines. Top edge gilt. 96 engraved plates (including title pages). Both volumes in good condition. Marbled boards rubbed and a little worn in places. Extremities of spines rubbed and worn as are the leather corners. Hinges similar but still holding firm. Upper panel of Vol II spine a little 'tender' and appears to have been re-glued into position. Text blocks very sound. Previous owner's bookplates to front paste down of each volume. Prelims to both volumes quite heavily foxed but this reduces significantly after the first dozen pages or so, thereafter mostly light and sporadic until… Read More

London: Printed for G & J Cary Engravers. No. 86 St. James's Street., 1822. Cary's Traveller's Companion, 1822. Engraved title; Contents, Advertisement leaf; 42 single page engraved county maps, hand coloured in outline. Lacking map of the county of Yorkshire. Cary's New Itinerary, Ninth Edition with Improvements. August 1821. Engraved title page; Dedication leaf; Advertisements 6pp; Table of contents with advertisement for globes to verso; Index 41pp; Circuits of the Judges [1pp]; Tables showing the immediate Route from the Metropolis to upwards of 9,000 Places etc [62pp] (numbered in two columns per page); Index to the Rivers & Navigable Canals [2]; Coach Directory [50pp]; List of The Stages Going From London to the circumjacent Villages &c. [7pp]; Packet Boats [1pp]; List of Provincial Stage Coaches [18pp]; Index of Places Which Occur In The Routes of The Provincial Coaches [3pp]; Cary's Improved Map of England (advertisement page) [1pp]; Six fold-out maps in… Read More

London: Printed for the Executrix of Mary Kettilby, and Sold by W. Parker at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1734. Two parts bound in one. Part one being a fifth edition, part two being a fourth edition, both dated 1734. 8vo. viii, 1 - 183, Index & title page etc to Part II [9 pages], 194 - 272. pp. Separate title pages to each part. Mid 19th century half sheep. "Nothing can be more self-evident, than that the usefulness, and consequently, the value of such books of this kind, depends upon the integrity of the writers, the pains they take themselves and the good help and assistance they can procure from others...I can assure you that a number of very curious and delicate house-wives clubb'd to furnish out this collection, for the service of young and inexperienced Dames, who may from hence be instructed in the polite management of their kitchens, and the art of adorning their tables with a splendid frugality." A fine collection of recipes, home medications and… Read More

London: Printed for H. Pemberton, at the Golden-Buck, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, 1747. 13th edition, 1747. Hardback. 8vo. [xx], 366, xiv pp. Folding engraved bills of fare at rear. Engraved frontis. Contemporary leather binding with modern rebacking. Book in fair+ condition. Rebacked in calf, conserving original spine. Boards generally rubbed and some wear. Text block sound but with the following faults: Marginal loss to upper corner of A3. H1 only upper third remains, some loss to upper corner of P2 extending very slightly beyond the margin, marginal hole to P7 (where page number printed), S7 torn diagonally across lower corner resulting in loss of approx one third of the page, small marginal loss to U3, minor worm damage U4 onwards. Of the fold-out plates, the first has only the first third remaining, the second is complete but has tears which have been professionally repaired, the third is like the first and the remaining three have been excised completely leaving a stub… Read More

London: Printed by Wilson & Son, High Ousegate, York for John Murray, Fleet Street, London., 1810. A New Edition (5th), 1810. 310pp. Blue/grey paper covered boards with contrasting quarter brown binding. Frontispiece of 'A Roman Stewpan'. Index at rear. Boards generally rubbed and stained. Hinge to front board a little weak but text block sound. Occasional light staining but largely free of spotting.

London: Printed by T. Wilson & R. Spence, High Ousegate, York for J. Mawman, London and for Wilson & Spence, York, 1807. Fifth Edition, 1807. Hardback. 8vo. 310pp plus 22 pages"Men and Manners" at rear. Near contemporary deep reddish-brown mottled calf. Contrasting title panel to spine. Covers and spine stamped and tooled in blind and gilt. Engraved frontispiece of 'A Roman Stewpan'. Index at rear preceding "Men and Manners" section. Dedication:- "To those Gentlemen who freely give two Guineas for a Turtle Dinner at the Tavern, when they might have a more wholesome one at Home for Ten shillings, this work is humbly dedicated by Ignotius." Aside from the fine choice of recipes, such as that for an Oyster omelette, the book is full of sage advice; "keep no servants that have hangers on" or "when you plant a wood, you are only paying posterity what you borrowed from your ancestors." Book in very good condition. Extremities rubbed. Front… Read More

Lyon: Barthelemy Honorat, 1580. First published in 1557, this is Cardano's second great encyclopaedia of natural science, the first being De Subtilitate (1550). 8vo. [16], 883, [48]pp. Woocut printer's device on title page. Folding plate bound between p568 and p569. Folding table bound between p582 and p583. Various woodcut illustrations to text including a full-page palmistry illustration to p722. Final blank of preliminary leaves present. Some page mis-numbering (120 as 220, 187 as 185, 292 as 262, 293 as 263, 326 as 226, 327 as 227, 329 as 326, 333 as 339, 353 as 347, 363 as 364, 369 as 377, 446 as 445, 536 as 563, 537 as 505, 555 as 633, 556 as 656, 563 as 532 and 762 as 862). Also some mis-binding (p819/820, 823/4, 821/822, 827/828, 825/826, 829/830 then 849/850, 853/854, 855/856, 851/852, 857/858, 859/860, 863/8640. Several old ink markings to text with some (editorial?) deletions, each of these mostly of one or two sentences but including diagonal strikethrough for whole of pages 85… Read More

Dublin: Printed for Thomas Ewing, in Capel-Street., 1775. Fourth edition, Dublin 1775. Revised by the author. First Quarto edition. Two volumes, complete. Unpaginated. Volume One: [a], b - c2, then d - h2 in twos, i - q, B - Z, Aa - Zz, Aaa - Zzz -, 4A - 4E2, qA - qZ, qAa - qMm3, *A - *Z, *Aa - *Zz, *Aaa - *Rrr2 and Volume Two: *Sss - *Zzz, *4A - *4Z, *5A - *5Z, *6A - *6I, +A - +Z, +Aa - +Hh, ±A - ±z, ±Aa - ±Uu3, §A - §S2, ||A - ||Z, ||Aa - ||Ii2. Collation complete & correct. Recently rebound in three quarter morocco. Five raised bands to spine with contrasting panels for titles and volume numbers. Marbled endpapers (originals retained to volume one and front of volume two with sympathetic replacement to rear endpapers of volume two. Attractive brown mottled edges to text blocks. Volume one contains a list of subscribers. front fly leaf of each volume printed with the Reilly coat of arms (Fortitudine et Prudentia)… Read More

Bungay: C. Brightly, and T. Kinnersley, circa 1808. Undated but circa 1808. 8vo in fours. [iii], viii, [i], xl, 376pp plus colour plates. Modern quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. New endpapers. Fifty four hand-coloured plates at rear. Very good. Some spotting, offsetting and dust-soiling.

Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, Duke Street, Liverpool., c1812. Hardback. 560pp. plus 4 plates present. A manual of instruction for a young woman covering many aspects of life, including education, duties of females in the sick chamber, religious observance, home medications,cookery and dying of fabrics etc. Contemporary full calf binding. Fair condition. Boards and spine rubbed and worn. Lacking free endpapers and all before B1 including title page. B1 is the first leaf of the full text. Small area of marginal loss to I4. Lacking X1 and presumed following plate as evidenced by a residual page stub. Marginal marking to p214 highlighting a typo. 2G2 - 2G3 loose including associated plate. Some loss to lower margin of 2H1. Lacking 2T2. Final leaves 4A2 - 4 are loose. Occasional slight marking and some offsetting.

London: James Tregaskis & Son, 1931. Limited edition of 500 copies, 1931. Text of the edition of 1580. Hardback. [i - iv], v - xii, [2], 336pp. Printed on Batchelor hand-made paper. Brown silk page marker. Bound in full brown calf with gilt to spine. Ornately decorated title page and Caxton Head motif to final page. Foreword by E. V. Lucas incorporating a Benediction by Rudyard Kipling, Introduction by Walter Scott. Kipling thought highly of Thomas Tusser and prized his own copy of the 'Tusser Redivivus' edition of 1744. Kipling was also something of a farmer and still found the advice in Tusser relevant to 'the foot of earth into which the plough-share and spade do their work'. Kipling also admired Tusser's verse and that he 'rammed his maxims into a metre with a sledge hammer'. Delightful and wonderully entertaining. Book in very good condition. Very slight discolouration to leather here and there. Some very slight toning to endpapers. Extremely clean and bright… Read More

London: Printed for the Author, by J. Nichols: and sold by Messrs. White in Fleet-Street; T. Payne, at the Mews-Gate; Robson & Faulder, in Bond Street; and Hooper, and Flexney, in Holborn., 1795. First edition in this format, 1795. 4to. xiii, 547 [3]pp. Engraved frontispiece of The Abbey together with fold-out coloured map of the County (preceding p1) and two fold-out ground plans (following p234 being the ground plan at the time of Henry III and following p529 being the ground plan at the time of Henry VI). Original calf boards, rebacked with original spine laid-on, contrasting title panel and gilt decoration. Gilt border decoration to boards. Marbled end papers. Copy of May 1821 census form for St Albans pasted onto front fly leaf. Good. Boards rubbed and corners worn. Professional repairs to boards and spine preserving as much of the original as possible and making for a very soundly bound volume. Some damp staining to upper quadrant of rear pages. Light and sporadic spotting throughout. Ink… Read More

Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1732. First illustrated edition. Folio. (approx 41 x 25cms). pp. viii, 737, [17], Index. Three volumes as one. Attractively bound in contemporary mottled calf, gilt decoration to spine with morocco title label. Illustrated with copper engravings. Frontispiece of author and full-page of King Charles I; 24 full-page illustrations mainly portraits (often four per page); 3 maps (by H. Moll) and a fold-out plan of the Battle of Naseby. Decorated titles at start of each book. Separate title pages for each volume though the pagination is continuous. Clarendon served as Lord Chancellor and was a Privy Counsellor to both Charles I and to Charles II. This is still regarded as a classic work and is noted for its contribution to the art of biography. Book in very good condition. Joints splitting, head and foot of spine a little worn. Some marking to boards. Text block very sound. A little offsetting from some of the plates. Armorial bookplates of Richard Law and Chapman-Puchas… Read More

London: Printed for J. Fuller, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, R Baldwin, E. Johnston, L. Hawes and Co. T. Caslon, S. Crowden, B. Law, G. Robinson, W. Woodfall, W. Domville, and B. Collins., 1775. Hardback. 8vo. xii, 384pp. Engraved frontispiece of a master and his pupils; and one fold-out plate of geometric figures (facing p184), various diagrams in the text. Contemporary full calf. Sympathetic modern rebacking in calf, preserving original spine label. A fascinating compendium of 'essential' knowledge. A fascinating guide to the knowldege considered essential to a young man in the late eighteenth century. Good condition. Rebacked in calf leather, original spine label preserved. Boards a little rubbed and worn but still very serviceable. Text block firmly bound. Small amount of worm damage to marginal areas of a few pages but not affecting text. R1 has a small tear to leading edge and also at gutter, R2 similar tear to gutter. Owner's name to ffep neatly done in ink along with date of 1779. Read More

Paris: Chez Christ, David., 1739. First published in 1714, this new edition is dated 1739. Hardback. [12], 473, [7]pp. Contemporary full calf. Gilt to spine. Text block edges tinted red. Text in French. Divided into three (unequal) parts or books. Livre premier: Du Pain & de tou ce qui peut contribuer a le bien faconner; Livre second: Du Sucre, de la maniere de le clarifier, & des cuissons differentes qu'il faut savoir lui donner en saisant les confitures; Livre troisieme: Ou on parle de toutes les viandes qui se servent, tant en gras qu'en maigre, pendant tout l'annee. Book in very good condition. Some rubbing to boards with wear to corners, hinges and to extremities of spine. Endpapers a little soiled. Page 183 mis-numbered as 181 but collation complete and correct. Text block clean and sound.

London (presumed): Thought to be Osborne & T. Griffin in St Paul's Churchyard., c1785. Undated but thought to be circa 1785. Preface dated 1725. Lacking all before title page. Title page professionally repaired but lacking the print to the lower half, hence no confirmation of where, when or who the publisher might be. Hardback 12mo. [i - iii], iv - viii, 280pp. Contemporary leather binding, rebacked in calf conserving original spine. Letters written to various notables between 1715 and 1718 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762). As wife to the British Ambassador to Turkey, Lady Mary is mainly remembered for her letters written during her travels in the Ottoman Empire. On her return to England she became an advocate for the use of smallpox inoculations. Some fascinating information. Book in fair+ condition. Rebacked in calf leather conserving original spine. Boards and spine generally worn and rubbed but still very functional. Lacking all before title page and fly leaves etc lost at end… Read More

London: Printed for R. Royston, Bookseller to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and are to be sold by Matthe Gilliflower and Will. Hensman in Westminster Hall, 1679., 1679. Published 1679, second edition. (ESTC lists an earlier editions of 1663 and later editions of 1679 and 1686). 12mo. [11], 1 - 233, [3]. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Full of sound advice, for example: "Make no loud expression of mirth or sorrow, for both are improper and tedious. Don't therefore (as you may observe too many inconsiderately do) molest the company by your singing, or create sadness in them by telling doleful stories, especially if they have not any relation to you." Portrait frontispiece lacking, front and rear blanks present, some browning and damp staining. Endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing. Occasional underlining of text. Some slight worm damage to inner margin from approx p140 - p180 with occasional encroachment into text but… Read More