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"The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities, Or, The Ingenious Gentlewoman and Servant Maids Delightful Companion"
By John Shirley.
12mo, leather. Cover detached. Missing front pages through page 20. Pages 21-192 dark, but most in good condition.
Chapter V, beginning on page 33, is about "Candying and Drying Fruits, &c.", including "To candy Ginger" and "To candy Orange-peel", and "To candy Cherries".
Also contains recipes "To turn Brass to a Gold Colour", and To varnish a Gold Colour", both on page 152. Syllabub on 134. |