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More imagesThe Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Sir Kenelm Digby (original text); edited with introduction, notes and glossary by Anne Macdonell
Language: English
Published by Philip Lee Warner, London, 1910
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Early 20th-century edition of The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened, newly edited with introduction, notes, and glossary by Anne Macdonell. Published in London by Philip Lee Warner in 1910. An attractively bound example in cream decorative cloth with elaborate embossed panel design to front boa…rd and gilt titling to spine. The work reproduces Digby's famous 17th-century collection of culinary and household recipes, medicinal preparations, and domestic instructions, accompanied by scholarly editorial material. Includes frontispiece portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby and additional introductory matter. A substantial Edwardian printing of this important historical culinary text. Condition: Good overall condition. • Original cream cloth binding present • Spine darkened with surface marking and rubbing • Corners lightly bumped • Noticeable age toning and foxing to endpapers and title page • Page edges darkened and uneven from age • Text block appears complete • Binding intact.
