The accomplish'd ladies delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery. Containing I. The art of preserving, and candying fruits and flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery, together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cook's guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish [both in] the English and French mode, [with all sauces and sa]llets; and the making pyes, [pasties, tarts, and custards,] with the forms and [shapes of many of them ...]

All titles

• The accomplish'd ladies delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery. Containing I. The art of preserving, and candying fruits and flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery, together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cook's guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish [both in] the English and French mode, [with all sauces and sa]llets; and the making pyes, [pasties, tarts, and custards,] with the forms and [shapes of many of them ...]
• Accomplished ladies delight in preserving, physic, beautifying, and cookery; Physic and surgery; Beautifying waters, oils, and powders; Complete cooks guide; Preserving, conserving, and candying; Physick and chirurgery; Beautifying waters, oyls, and powders; Secrets and experiments; Compleat cooks guide
• Art of preserving, and candying fruits and flowers, as also of making all sorts of conserves, syrups and jellies.; Excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; Beautifying waters, oyls, oyntments, and powders, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body.; New and excellent experiments and secrets in the art of angling. Being directions for the whole art.; Compleat cook's guide or directions for the dressing of all flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode.; Excellent recipes in physic and surgery.; Beautifying waters, oils, ointments, and powders, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body.

People / Organizations

• Sarah Harris? ("printed for")
• Hannah Woolley (Author)

Imprint

London?: for Sarah Harris?, 1686? [Sixth edition?]; ..

Added name

Woolley, Hannah, active 1670.

Publication year

1686

ESTC No.

R186799

Grub Street ID

75327

Description

[4], 154, [4], 155-208, [12] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 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

Attributed to Hannah Woolley by Wing

Preface signed: T.P

On title page verso: Licensed. July 14th, 1686. Rob. Midgley

Edition statement and imprint suggested by Wing

Text and register continuous despite pagination

Includes index

First two leaves of copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700, reel 2629 mutilated, affecting title, edition statement, imprint and some text

Signatures: A-I]1]2] K]6.

Uncontrolled note

Catalogued from the original at the British Library; verify title, edition and imprint, L copy title page mutilated; portions of title supplied from the 1685 edition (Wing W3272)