Arabella atkyns pseudonym (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Octavo. xiv, [ii], 123, [iii], [ii], 324pp. First edition. Part II has a separate title-page, pagination and register. Contemporary calf, repaired. Illustrated in the text. Oxford, English Cookery Books. Oxford p. 71; Maclean p. 49; Bitting p. 550; Cagle 673; Pennell p.150; Simon 658; ESTC T87836 0.…

Full-Leather. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. "Third Edition, Revised , Corrected and greatly Inlarged "(sic). A lovely copy which has been professionally rebacked so as to incorporate original binding. Ever-so-lightly age toned and foxed with several names in antique script on original eps. Pages 126 pp. Index, 305pp, Index. Oxford, p. 71 and Maclean, p. 49.…

First edition, xiv, [ii], 123, [3], [2], 324pp., part II has a separate title-page, pagination and register, without endpaper, cont. calf, rubbed, hinges cracked. "The preface is signed 'Arabella Atkyns', which the B.M. catalogue says is a pseudonym. In it she states that the medical portion, which is much larger than the cookery, is taken from a common-place book of her brother who was a physician. It may be mentioned that she is the first lady who apologizes for her boldness in venturing to treat certain maladies which a lady would hardly be expected ti include. The cookery part is well arranged, the medical part is full of horrors. The treatment for appendicitis is to 'apply a live puppy to the naked belly' and follow up with a cataplasm of rotten apples or of 'sheeps-dung boil'd with milk'."Oxford, English Cookery Books. Oxford, p.71; Maclean, p.49; Bitting, p.550; Cagle, 673; Pennell, p.150; Simon, 658.…