The Housekeeper's Receipt-Book, or, the Repository of Domestic Knowledge

1815

Published by the Editor

8vo, in Solander Box.

Description:

A practical compendium of early nineteenth-century domestic management, offering a comprehensive collection of recipes and household advice. Housed in a lovely modern solander box in a modern smart binding. Contains recipes for domestic cooking, cooking for the sick and brewing. As well as chapters on house keeping such as kitchen gardening and family medicine. 7 plates to rear. 

Condition:

Good Condition. Quarter bound in red leather and housed in a smart solander box. Marble paper covered boards. Binding is firm and contents are clean with some minor professional repairs to paper. Light tanning to pages. Lack frontis but 7 plates to rear. Boards are clean with no sign of wear. Solander box is good with minor marking to exterior and light marking inside.

Emblemes & Hieroglyph

Francis Quarles

1709

William Freeman

12mo

94 Illustrated plates

Description:

A popular illustrated eighteenth century edition of Francis Quarles's highly influential religious emblem books, combining moral verse with intricate, symbolic engravings.

With 94 illustrated plates, 13 of which have been handcoloured. Research suggests this is the 1701 edition of Quarles's Emblemes - date of 1632 on the binding and handwritten title page is wrong this is the 1701 edition published by William Freeman (Estc No. T94279). A Really lovely book in a wonderful 18th century gilt tooled leather binding. Each emblem in the collection follows a structured format: a biblical citation is paired with a striking visual image, followed by a poetic paraphrase by Francis Quarles. Please Read Condition Report.

Condition:

Good Condition. Red leather binding with gilt tooling to both boards and gilt ruling to spine. Title page is absent but a handwritten title page is present. Gilt turn ins and edges. Pagination is correct (8) p.310 (5) p.322-381 though the final page (p.381) is absent. Tear and loss to top edge of leaf 379/380. Exlibris plate of Mathew Arnold and his pen inscription to front end paper (not believed to be the poet). Contents otherwise are good with light tanning. Boards are good with some rubbing to edges, especially to top edge and spine tails.

The Poems of Oscar Wilde

John Quinn's Bookplate

1906

F.M. Buckles & Company

8vo

Description:

Poems of Oscar Wilde previously owned by John Quinn, Irish-American bibliophile who helped W.B. Yeats found the Abbey Theatre.

A lovely scarce collection of Wilde's poetry in 2 volumes with John Quinn's bookplate to the pastedown of both volumes. The bookplate was designed by Jack B Yeats. Quinn was a successful New York lawyer who gave frequent financial support to Yeats, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot. He arranged for Eliot's Wasteland to be published in the US and Quinn purchased a manuscript of Ulysses as it was being written, enabling Joyce to finish the novel. Quinn was no doubt one of the chief patrons of the early 20th century modernist movement and this book would have sat in his vast collection.

Condition:

Good Condition. Blue cloth covered boards with lettering plates to spine and front board. Bindings are firm. Gilt top-edge.Pages are lightly spotted. Wonderful rough-cut edges. Book plate to both volume's front pastedown. Boards are good with slight loss to cloth on top-edge of volume one. General light marking and fraying to spine ends.