A Practical Guide to Light Refreshment; a Collection of Nineteenth-Century Recipes
A Practical Guide to Light Refreshment; a Collection of Nineteenth-Century Recipes
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Caroll Boltin, Wood Engravings by John De Sol
Published by South Street Seaport Museum, New York; (1996)
Small Quarto. Limited to 200 copies signed by the author and the illustrator. No pagination. Illustrated with 8 beautiful wood block engravings. The sources at the end of the book is a bibliography of all the works consulted from books of Lydia Maria Child, Thomas Jefferson, and other writers of the 19th century. Besides the eight wood block engravings, John De Pol also designed the patterned paper for the binding. Original black cloth-backed spine decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine. A fine copy.