M W The Queens Closet Opened 1656 The Compleat Cook 1656

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M., W. The Queens Closet Opened. Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chirurgery, Preserving, Candying, and Cookery; As they were presented to the Queen By the most Experienced persons of our times . . . Never before pu[b]lished. [12], 212, [2], 195-300, [12] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria (remargined not affecting image) * The Compleat Cook. 123, [9] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. Together, 2 volumes in one. 12mo, modern sprinkled calf with morocco lettering piece; contents soiled, the second work lightly dampstained. London: Nathaniel Brook and William Place, 1656; 1656

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Second editions of works originally published the year before. Wing M97, M89. ESTC locates 4 copies of the first work and 2 of the second in Great Britain, and only the Harvard and LC copies of each in the United States.