An Illustrated Catalogue of Manuscripts and Rare Books - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Illustrated Catalogue of Manuscripts and Rare Books write by Myers & co., booksellers, London. This book was released on 1628. An Illustrated Catalogue of Manuscripts and Rare Books available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain
A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain write by Sir Henry Thompson. This book was released on 1878. A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University: Marston manuscripts
Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University: Marston manuscripts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University: Marston manuscripts write by Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This book was released on 1984. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University: Marston manuscripts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Compleat Housewife
The Compleat Housewife - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Compleat Housewife write by Eliza Smith. This book was released on 2012-10-16. The Compleat Housewife available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in England, this kitchen reference became available to colonial American housewives when it was printed in Williamsburg, Virginia is 1742. Originally published in London in 1727, The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook printed in the United States. William Parks, a Virginia printer, printed and sold the cookbook believing there would be a strong market for it among Virginia housewives who wanted to keep up with the latest London fashions—the book was a best-seller there. Parks did make some attempt to Americanize it, deleting certain recipes “the ingredients or material for which are not to be had in this country,” but for the most part, the book was not adjusted to American kitchens. Even so, it became the first cookery best seller in the New World, and Parks’s major book publication. Author Eliza Smith described her book on the title page as “Being a collection of several hundred approved receipts, in cookery, pastry, confectionery, preserving, pickles, cakes, creams, jellies, made wines, cordials. And also bills of fare for every month of the year. To which is added, a collection of nearly two hundred family receipts of medicines; viz. drinks, syrups, salves, ointments, and many other things of sovereign and approved efficacy in most distempers, pains, aches, wounds, sores, etc. never before made publick in these parts; fit either for private families, or such public-spirited gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor neighbours.” The recipes are easy to understand and cover everything from 50 recipes for pickling everything from nasturtium buds to pigeons to “lifting a swan, breaking a deer, and splating a pike,” indicating the importance of understanding how to prepare English game. The book also includes diagrams for positioning serving dishes to create an attractive table display.
The Card Catalog
The Card Catalog - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Card Catalog write by The Library of Congress. This book was released on 2017-04-04. The Card Catalog available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the archives of the Library of Congress: “An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers.” —Booklist (starred review) The Library of Congress brings book lovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than two hundred full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world’s most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Packed with engaging facts on literary classics—from Ulysses to The Cat in the Hat to Shakespeare’s First Folio to The Catcher in the Rye—this is an ode to the enduring magic and importance of books. “The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia . . . . The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd’s eye.” —The Washington Post
