Bailey (Nathan) Dictionarium Domesticum, Being a New and Compleat Houshold Dictionary. For the Use both of City and Country, first edition, engraved frontispiece in 5 sections depicting churning, brewing, a kitchen with bee hives visible through an open door, cleaning and gutting of fish, and baking, title with private ownership blind-stamp to upper corner and very small erased ink inscription at foot, professional marginal repairs to last couple of ff., very slightly affecting headlines, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, antique style calf, gilt spine in compartments and with dark purple morocco label, [Bitting pp.24-25; Cagle 555; Maclean p.7; Oxford p.69; Simon BG 161; British Bee Books 90], 8vo, Printed for C. Hitch at the Red Lion, and C. Davis, 1736.
⁂ Includes brewing, baking, pickling, kitchen gardens, distilling, wines, and bees.
Provenance: 'Marie Kendall, son livre' (19th century ink inscription to an original endpaper now mounted on front pastedown); H. Williams, Rector of Llangadwaladr (blind-stamp to title).
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