The Receipt Book of Elizabeth Raper, and a portion of her Cipher Journal. Edited by her great-grandson the late Bartle Grant with a portrait and decorations by Duncan Grant. Written 1756-1770 and never before printed.
Language: English
Published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1924
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United KingdomGeorge Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA
AbeBooks seller since November 23, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 102.20
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First edition, limited to 850 numbered copies, this being copy number 557. 8vo. [240 x 154 x 12 mm]. [4]ff, 95 pp. Bound in publisher's blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt, edges uncut, lacking dust jacket. (Binding firm and square, spine lightly toned). Text block clean, a very good copy indeed. Featuring over 120 recipes, techniques and concoctions as well as an exert from Elizabeth Raper's journal.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Receipt Book of Elizabeth Raper, and a portion of her Cipher Journal. Edited by her great-grandson the late Bartle Grant with a portrait and decorations by Duncan Grant. Written 1756-1770 and never before printed.
- Author
- RAPER (Elizabeth).
- Publisher
- The Nonesuch Press, London
- Publication year
- 1924
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Duncan Grant
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Illustrated Books, Women
George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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