The Queens closet opened. Incomparable secrets in physick, chirurgery, preserving and candying, &c. Which were presented unto the Queen: by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem, when she [ple]ased to descend to private recreatio[ns.]
W. M.,comp.
London : printed for N. Brooke, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street,
1671.
Prefatory letter "To the reader" signed: W.M.
Frontis. = ill. = port. of Queen Henrietta Maria.
Includes: 'A Queens delight; or, The art of preserving, conserving and candying' (Wing Q157) and 'The compleat cook: expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether Italian, Spanish or French, for dressing of flesh and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry' (Wing M94), each with a separate title page bearing the imprint: London, printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Corn-Hill, near the Royal Exchange, 1671, and each with separate pagination and register.
All three parts are called for in "The prescribers and approvers of .. these rare receipts," prelim. p. [8]-[11] of "The Queens closet opened,".
Signatures: A⁶ C-K¹² L⁴; A-D¹² E⁸; A-E¹² F⁶ (-F6).
A reissue, with a cancel title page, of the edition published in the same year bearing the imprint: London, printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Corn-Hill, near the Royal Exchange, 1671 (Not in Wing).
Items filmed on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reels 224 and 1916 are 'A Queens delight' (part 2, Wing Q157) and 'The compleat cook' (part 3, Wing M94) respectively; part 1 not filmed.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
ESTC
Microfilm.
Microfilm.
Traditional medicine
Medicine, Popular
Cooking, English
Recipes
Canning and preserving
Great Britain England London.