transcribed karen hess historical notes (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Very good plus, if not near fine hardback in very good plus, if not near fine dust jacket. Book has 1/2 inch band of light, if not very light pink to top edge of front pastedown and front free endpaper, due undoubtedly to dampness and trivial, if not barely noticeable dampstain to to edge of first 10 leaves. Dust jacket has a heavy crease to the center of the front panel running from top edge to bottom edge and has had tape expertly removed from interior of front panel along crease. Only minor, if not trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover. 8vo.,518 pp. Third print. Illustrated with photographs of the original manuscript. A transcription of this seventeenth century manuscript of collected recipes, being a family collection 'copied by an unknown hand' and passed down through generations. With notes and explanations of terms and techniques unfamiliar to the modern kitchen, showing how to make old fashioned recipes the traditional way. Containing recipes such as: rose petal vinegar, roast capon with oysters, mince pie, syllabub and apple cider. Written by Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, the wife of George Washington. Transcribed with historical notes and annotations by Karen Loft Hess, an American culinary historian. Near Fine with gold embossing in red cloth.