Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(COOKERY.) [Wolley, Hannah.] The Accomplish'd Lady's Delight in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery. 3 (of 4?) engraved plates. [8], 382, [10] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait (loose, chipped along fore edge) and additional title; lacks pages 201-08 and 213-18 (from end of cosmetic portion and beginning of angling). 12mo, contemporary sheep, spine imperfect, leather missing from rear cover; soiling and dampstaining through much of volume, clean tear across I12, lower half of K1 torn out, marginal tears in a few other leaves with varying text loss. London: B. Harris, 1675

Additional Details

first edition of a 3-part work comprising sections on preserves; medicinal and cosmetic recipes and angling hints; and cookery. The medicinal formulas include a poultice for cancer made with goose dung and celandine juice. Cagle 1058 (1677 edition); Wing M3268 (this edition).