[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet
c. 1830's - 1860's. Cloth. Handmade, embroidered and beaded men's linen wallet decorated with colored beads with an embroidered image of a Masonic church. Light staining. More
c. 1830's - 1860's. Cloth. Handmade, embroidered and beaded men's linen wallet decorated with colored beads with an embroidered image of a Masonic church. Light staining. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845-51. Loose_leaf. Two Etchings on One Sheet. 30 x 45.5 cm. Barbarities (No. 49) Hand Colored. Funeral (No. 47) Uncolored. Gillray's work was reassembled by Henry G. Bohn in the period 1845-51 - the engravings here are two from that set. Some soiling with three small..... More
Philadelphia: 1832. Third Edition. Hardcover. I468 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. A "How To" book containing everything from Natural History, The Mechanical Arts, Preservation of Health, Agriculture, Breeding various Livestock, The Art of Gardening, and much more. A great book for anyone starting a farm, even..... More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. Hardcover. 432 pages. The author, William Kitchiner M.D. (1775-1827), was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food, science, and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication (Masticate, denticate, chump, grind, and swallow), Kitchiner purportedly did..... More
Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, 1829. Hardcover. 546 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. If one wants to live off the grid, this is the book for you. This book literally has EVERYTHING under one cover, including, How to make any type of paint, paper hanging, dying, brewing, distillation, engraving, wines, cookery..... More
Albany: Steam Press of Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1835. Sewn binding. 36 pages. 17 x 12 cm. This Temperance issue utilizes the popular practice of pairing practical information with the group's statements of belief. Here you will find charts of stars and weather predictions along with tales and illustrations showing..... More
Paris: Audot, Éditeur du Bon Jardinier, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. (1-10)(11-12 facsimile)(13-36) 405 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. The Large Simplified Kitchen - Art of the New Kitchen. With a chapter on seltzer water, a dictionary (illustrated) of kitchen terms, and nine pages of table service arrangements - this French..... More
Berlin: Berlag von Carl Friedrich Umelang, 1849. Hardcover. 445 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Lovely engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. An essential handbook for aspiring housewives, housekeepers and cooks. Written in "old' German script, or Fraktur. Marbled edges. Interior lightly foxed, otherwise clean. Boards lightly rubbed. Bookplate states: This book..... More
London: John Churchill, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 281 pages. 20 x 13 cm. A guide to remedies of all shapes and sorts by a chemist who believed that most previous recipe books were not written simply enough to be utilized by general audiences, and who wished to change that. "....... More
New York: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1848. Third Edition. Hardcover. 306 pages. 19 x 12 cm. This book was a supplement to A Treatise on Domestic Economy. It includes a bird's-eye look into the ideal home of the late 1800's. Catherine E. Beecher was a pioneer in scientific kitchen planning, recommending..... More
Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, And Webb, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 441 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter in one of the most remarkable families of the 19th century. Catherine was the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher..... More
New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1842. Twenty-eighth edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Enlarged and Corrected by the Author. A popular household and cookery book, aimed at an audience of limited means. It went through many editions, and in order to avoid confusion with the English..... More
Leeds: Printed by Henry Spink, 1831. Hardcover. 44 [4] pages. The author compiles various methods of sugar boiling; and directions how to make vinegar, wines, barley sugar, lozenges, peppermint cake, candied ginger, peppermint drops and all other types of drops, the method of iceing, pound cakes, candying, Shrewsbury cakes, spice..... More