Catalogue of the ... Library of ... Valuable Books & Manuscripts the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney
Title | Catalogue of the ... Library of ... Valuable Books & Manuscripts the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney PDF eBook |
Author | William Amhurst Thyssen Amherst |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Bookbinding |
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The Compleat Housewife
Title | The Compleat Housewife PDF eBook |
Author | Eliza Smith |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2012-10-16 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 1449428258 |
First published in England, this kitchen reference became available to colonial American housewives when it was printed in Williamsburg, Virginia is 1742. Originally published in London in 1727, The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook printed in the United States. William Parks, a Virginia printer, printed and sold the cookbook believing there would be a strong market for it among Virginia housewives who wanted to keep up with the latest London fashions—the book was a best-seller there. Parks did make some attempt to Americanize it, deleting certain recipes “the ingredients or material for which are not to be had in this country,” but for the most part, the book was not adjusted to American kitchens. Even so, it became the first cookery best seller in the New World, and Parks’s major book publication. Author Eliza Smith described her book on the title page as “Being a collection of several hundred approved receipts, in cookery, pastry, confectionery, preserving, pickles, cakes, creams, jellies, made wines, cordials. And also bills of fare for every month of the year. To which is added, a collection of nearly two hundred family receipts of medicines; viz. drinks, syrups, salves, ointments, and many other things of sovereign and approved efficacy in most distempers, pains, aches, wounds, sores, etc. never before made publick in these parts; fit either for private families, or such public-spirited gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor neighbours.” The recipes are easy to understand and cover everything from 50 recipes for pickling everything from nasturtium buds to pigeons to “lifting a swan, breaking a deer, and splating a pike,” indicating the importance of understanding how to prepare English game. The book also includes diagrams for positioning serving dishes to create an attractive table display.
Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University: Marston manuscripts
Title | Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University: Marston manuscripts PDF eBook |
Author | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 760 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Manuscripts |
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A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain
Title | A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Henry Thompson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1878 |
Genre | Blue and white ware |
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Paul Mellon's Legacy
Title | Paul Mellon's Legacy PDF eBook |
Author | John Baskett |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0300117469 |
Paul Mellon (1907--1999) was an unparalleled collector of British art. His collection, now at Yale in the museum and study center he founded to house it, rivals those in Britain’s national museums and is unquestionably the most comprehensive representation of British art held outside of the United Kingdom. This book and the exhibition that it accompanies celebrate the centenary of his birth. Five introductory essays examine Mellon’s extraordinary collecting activity, as well as his role in creating both the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London as gifts to his alma mater (Yale 1929). A lavishly illustrated catalogue section showcases 148 of the most exquisite and important paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, sculpture, rare books, and manuscript material in the Yale Center’s collection, including major works by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, George Stubbs, John Constable, and J. M. W. Turner.
Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter Library
Title | Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter Library PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney M. Thomson |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780859912785 |
This catalogue describes MSS 1-247 and 298 in the Chapter Library of Lincoln Cathedral, plus ten former Lincoln MSS now elsewhere. About half of the MSS were part of the cathedral's medieval Library; nearly all the rest came therebefore the late seventeenth century. Among the MSS, which date from the eighth to the early sixteenth century, are biblical commentaries and sermons, works of pastoral theology and an important corpus of Middle English texts, including the famous Thornton Romances. A group of MSS written at the Cathedral c.1100 is notable for its distinctive decoration. The Catalogue is preceded by a history of the Cathedral Library, based on the rich documentaryevidence, which includes two medieval catalogues. The plates illustrate bindings, ownership marks, important decoration and noteworthy script, including samples from all signed and dated books.
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, Esq., to the Bodleian Library
Title | Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, Esq., to the Bodleian Library PDF eBook |
Author | Bodleian Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1840 |
Genre | English literature |
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