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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, many whereof were honoured with her own practice, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. Never before published. Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M., one of her late servants

Archive Print Item: Cookery A/M--

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Type of record: Book

Title: 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, many whereof were honoured with her own practice, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. Never before published. Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M., one of her late servants

Other titles: The queens cabinet; The queens delight; The compleat cook

Level: Item

Classmark: Cookery A/M--

Creator(s): W. M

Publisher: Printed by R. Wood for Nath. Brooke

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): [1659]-1660

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 300, [24], 123, [7] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/252490

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991016042989705181

Collection group(s): Cookery Collection

Description

The work consists of three parts: The queens cabinet opened: or, the pearl of practice; accurate, physical, and chirurgical receipts. -- The queens delight, or the art of preserving, conserving, and candying; as also a right knowledge of making perfumes, and distilling the most excellent waters. -- The compleat cook. Expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether, Italian, Spanish or French, for dressing of flesh, and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry.


'The compleat cook' is dated 1659 and has imprint: London, printed for Nath. Brooke.


Parts 2 and 3 have separate title-pages; part 3 has separate pagination.

Additional description

Wanting: pp.49-72 [Sig.E1-12] 89-92 [Sig.F9-F10] 123-142 [Sig.H2-H11] 243-264 [Sig.N2-N11] 287-288 [Sig.O12] 'Compleat Cook', pp. 83-86 [Sig.D6-D7] also title-page and preliminary pages. Frontispiece cut down and mounted. The title-page to 'The Queen's delight' has been bound at the commencement of the volume in substitution for the general title-page

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