Charlton Charleton (2 results)

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Facsimile edition. G : in good condition with creased, chipped and marked dust jacket. Off setting to endpapers. Browning and light foxing to text-block. Jacket front panel cropped. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). iv, 443pp. Contains numerous b/w plates. Interestingly the cover of this book has a typo error and spelt the author's name Charlton. Also known as A History of Newcastle, [1895 2nd edn.] then in 1930 as A History of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [3rd edn]. Walter Scott publishing issued the First Edition in 1885.

Title page to Part I: A brief DISCOURSE concerning the different WITS of MEN. Written at the request of a Gentleman, Eminent in Virtue, Learning, Fortune, In the Year 1664. And now Published with Consent of the Author. Title page to Part II: The MYSTERIE of VINTNERS or a BRIEF DISCOURSE CONCERNING The various Sicknesses of WINES, and their respective Remedies, at this Day commonly used. Delivered to the ROYAL SOCIETY 1675. Pagination and register of the 2 Parts is continuous. SECOND ENLARGED EDITION 1675. Includes "Some observations concerning the ordering of wines" (caption title) by Christopher Merret on pages 208-235. Small 8vo, approximately 165 x 100 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, pages: [14], 1-208, 207-235, [1] - errata, page 138 misnumbered 128, some errors in pagination in the Vintners section, but all catch words correct, no pages missing, bound in full calf, original contemporary covers rebacked to match, gilt lettered label, author and date. Slight scuffing and wear to corners, shallow crease to 2 leaves, slight cropping to top margin, no loss to text, tiny closed tear to1 top margin, tip of lower corner missing from 1 page, not near text, no loss, old ink name to first pastedown, tiny old ink smudged price to top of general title page, occasional small pale mark to margins, slight pale age-browning, otherwise a very good clean copy. This edition is practically a reprint of the first edition of 1669 but has been enlarged by by the insertion of a few Latin quotations and one or two paragraphs. See: John Ferguson, Bibliographical Notes on Inventions and Books of Secrets, Seventh Supplement pages, 52-56, No. 77; ESTC 7350; James Gabler, Wine into words, page 57, "Mysterie" does not mean "mysterious" but is a corruption of the French "mestier" meaning trade; Andre L. Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica, page 36, No. 336; Andre Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, page 86; A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Library, Volume 2, page 329; Katherine Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, page 83; Sotheby's Marcus and Elizabeth Crahan, Collection of Books on Food , Drink and Related Subjects, No.111; ESTC R7350. John Locke is supposed to have taken several of his ideas from the first part. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.