The accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening. Containing, I. The art of preserving ... II. The physical cabinet: ... III. The compleat cook's guide: ... IV. The lady's diversion in her garden:

People / Organizations

• T. P. (Author)
• Benjamin Harris ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London : printed and sold by Benj. Harris, at the Golden Boar's-Head, in Grace-church-street, 1706. The ninth edition inlarged.; ..

Added name

Woolley, Hannah, active 1670, attributed name.

Publication year

1706

ESTC No.

N15857

Grub Street ID

5559

Description

[4],176p.,plates : ill. ; 12°.

Note

"An unauthorized work based on [Hannah Wooley's] books and adorned by a spurious portrait and unreliable biographical information was published in 1673 as The Gentlewomans Companion, and similar works followed in 1675 (The Accomplished Ladies Delight) and 1685 [sic] (The Compleat Servant-Maid). Like her authentic works, these were reprinted frequently." -- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Preface signed "N.D.". Seventeenth century editions have the preface signed: T. P

'The lady's diversion in her garden' is by Thomas Harris

With an engraved, illustrated half-title.