Delightes for ladies
By: by Sir Hugh Plat ; with introductions by G. E. Fussell and Kathleen Rosemary Fussell.
Contributors: Fussell, G. E; Fussell, K. R
Publisher: Lockwood
Published: 1948
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: England -- Social life and customs.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- History.
Description: "Delightes for Ladies is a book of recipes and household hints for women, written by Sir Hugh Plat (perhaps best remembered for Floreas Paradise) and published in London in 1602. Its full title is Delightes for ladies: to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. A successful book in its day, some of the recipes have survived to be in relatively common use even 400 years later, in particular the various mixed alcoholic beverages"--Wikipedia.
Notes: Contains the facsimile reprint of the original text published in 1609.

Bibliography, p.xxvi and p.lxxxix.