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Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets . . . With an Introduction by Kit Currie
by EVELYN, JOHN
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Dallas: Still Point Press, 1985, 1985. First Still Point Press edition, number 31 of 300 numbered copies, printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Fine copy.. 8vo, original brown quarter morocco, decorated paper boards, gilt lettering, untrimmed. Title-page vignette and nine full-page illustrations by "Tottoroto," and one folding plate. A handsome fine press edition of John Evelyn's treatise on the making of salads, first published in 1699. "Evelyn's message in Acetaria was that vegetables were a healthy addition to the diet, and he gave clear instructions on how to cultivate a wide range, native and exotic, along with herbs and fruit. He also discussed what made for good food" - Margaret Willes, The Curious World of Samuel Pepys & John Evelyn. Kit Currie concludes in her informative introduction that Evelyn was a "delightful personality, a passionate lover of gardens . . . and a bibliophile of no small stature. The world would be a better place for more men such as he." Indeed.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28744
- Title
- Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets . . . With an Introduction by Kit Currie
- Author
- EVELYN, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Still Point Press edition, number 31 of 300 numbered copie
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dallas: Still Point Press, 1985
- Date Published
- 1985
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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The Brick Row Book Shop, founded in 1915, is one of the oldest antiquarian book firms in the United States. We're located a block from Union Square in downtown San Francisco, and are open by appointment Monday-Friday. The engraving by T. Diedricksen is of the Shop as it was shortly after its founding in New Haven, Connecticut.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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