The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing I. the art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers ..., 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, 3. the compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode.

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

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4 unnumbered pages, 382 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations

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Title on added engraved t.p.: the accomplisht-ladys delight.
Three parts have special title pages: The physical cabinet, New and excellent experiments and secrets in the art of angling, and, The compleat cook's guide, all with imprint date 1675.
Attributed, not without some doubt, to Mrs. Hanna Woolley. Cf. DNB; Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
Dedication signed: T.P.
Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
Includes index.

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Wing W3268
Arber's Term cat. I 198

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 371:16) s1999 miun s

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