The Family Dictionary: Or, Household Companion. Containing, Cookery Pastry, Confects, Potable Liquors, Perfuming, Husbandry, Preparations Galenick and Chymick

(London: Rhodes, at the Star, corner of Bride Lane, Fleet Street 1710). Fourth Edition. Full title reads "COOKERY in dressing flesh, fowl, fish, herbs, roots making sawces etc; PASTRY making pyes, pasties, puddings, pancakes, cheesecakes, custards, tansies etc; CONFECTS candies, conserves, preserves, creams, gellies, pickles etc; POTABLE Liquors as ale, beer, mum, mead, cider, perry, rape, English wines, chocolet, coffee, tea etc; PERFUMING sweet balls, pouders, pomanders, essences, sweet waters, beautifully washes etc; HUSBANDRY, as it relates to the improvement of our barren and waste lands, manufactures etc; PREPARATIONS Galenick and Chymick relating to physick and chirurgery, as cordial waters, spirits, tinctures, elixirs, syrups, ponders, electuaries, pills, oils, balsams, cerecloths and emplasters, fitted for curing mist diseases incident to men, women and children." Recently rebound in brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Hardback with no dustwrapper. VG copy with slight sticker residue left on front board as shown in picture. Slight dustiness to top, bottom and fore-edges with discolouration. Leaves show signs of ageing, slight foxing and some minor tears. Hand-written inscription to front & back free endpapers and title page. Photographs/scans available on request.…