The Closet of Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened : Whereby is Discovered Several Ways for Making of Metheglin, Sider, Cherry Wine, &c. Together With Excellent Directions for Cookery as also for Preserving, Conserving, Candying, etc. [Food Classics ; Volu

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312 + 5 pp. ; paper wrappers ; facsimile copy of the rare culinary work ; ex-lib ; stamps, label, pocket ; ".a classic of 17th-century English writing about food and drink. There is perhaps none more frequently quoted than this, no title more familiar. Its reappearance, therefore, will be very welcome to both the academic market, and the general reader. Digby was a European figure of some renown in scientific, philosophical and mathematical circles (besides being a military man, a pirate and a womaniser). This recipe collection made by him (in line with similar collections made by male enthusiasts and intellectuals of the time, for example the diarist John Evelyn) was published after his death by his former assistant George Hartman. It is perhaps the most literate of such cookery books." ; scarce ; VG. N° de ref. del artículo 1085

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