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Sir High Plat: Delights For Ladies. 1630

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Sir High Plat: Delights For Ladies. 1630
<B>Sir High Plat: <I>Delights For Ladies</B></I></B></I> (London: H.L. and R.Y., 1630), full title is: <I>Delights for Ladies to adorne their persons, table, closets and distillatories with beauties, banquet, perfumes and waters. Read, practice and censure.</B></I> Lacks title page, unpaginated, text within ornamental border, signatures A-G 12 H-11, vellum bound with decorative tooling on spine, 3" x 4.75". This tiny cookbook is really a wonder to behold. The fact that a book was produced for strictly women during this period is interesting, and the fact that it still survives is a wonder indeed. A few sections of the book are entitled: "The Art of Preserving, consuming, candying, etc.; Secrets in distillation; Cookery and Huswifery, etc. In good condition; vellum has warped and cracked over time; light toning on covers and pages; pages slightly browned; inscribed on the inside cover as: "<I>Elizabeth Rogers her booke 1655</B></I>", pencil notations on several pages. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I>
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