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Secondhand book for saleJohn L. Anderson, compiler; illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
A Fifteenth Century Cookry Boke.
Published New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1962.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 177×235×15mm.
Page count: 93pp.
Main language: Middle English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is somewhat discoloured and ragged; the book itself looks in reasonable order, text appears to be free of marking.
This item £10.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)Weight without packaging: 441g.
A verbatim compilation from material previously published by the Early English Text Society; contains a glossary, but no introduction or other apparatus.
Contents: Fleysshe; Fysshe; Byrdys; Mete pyes & tartes; Daryoles & other tartes & frittours; Mylke, eyroun & notys; Frutes & flowres; Potages dyuers; Sauces pur diuerse viaundes; Cakys, bredes & amydon; Swetes; Cokentrice.
Illustrations: plenty of illustrations, a mixture of monochrome, 2‑colour and full colour
Maps & plans: noNotes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: no
Index: no[BML/A]
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