The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying, and cookery; as they were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof were honoured with her own practise, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. The fourth edition corrected, with many additions: together with three exact tables, one of them never before printed. Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M. one of her late servants.
1658
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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying, and cookery; as they were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof were honoured with her own practise, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. The fourth edition corrected, with many additions: together with three exact tables, one of them never before printed. Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M. one of her late servants.
Created/published
London : Printed [by R. Wood] for Nathaniel Brooks at the Angel in Cornhill, 1658.
Description
[12], 300, [24] p. : port. ; (12mo)
Associated name
W. M.
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, printmaker.
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, printmaker.
Note
With frontis. portrait (A1) of Henrietta Maria signed: W Faithorne.
Includes indicies.
"A queens delighgt [sic]: or, The art of preserving, conserving, and candying;" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by R. Wood for Nath. Brooke", on leaf L1r.
Includes indicies.
"A queens delighgt [sic]: or, The art of preserving, conserving, and candying;" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by R. Wood for Nath. Brooke", on leaf L1r.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Beyond Home Remedy.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), M98
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R22538
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R22538
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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M98
Folger-specific note
153643. (Re-backed.) Lacking I1, I6.7, which are supplied in photostat from Harvard Library copy. Provenance: inscription on back free endpaper: "Mrs Anne Coates her Booke god give here greas therein too Look April: 24: Anno Dom: 1681:"