A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, or the Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying [bound with] Sir Hugh Plats (1552-1608) Deligh

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A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, or the Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying [bound with] Sir Hugh Plat's (1552-1608) Delights for Ladies to Adorn their Persons, Tables, Closets, and Distillatories. London: Printed by R.H., 1651. 12mo, imperfect copy, lacking A1 (?blank) and A12 (index leaf),H12 and the corner of H1; in the second title, lacking text leaves D6 and D7, and H12 (?blank); contemporary boards, rebacked, first leaves of first title discolored and stained, 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
Rare, ESTC lists two U.S. copies, at the American Antiquarian Society and the Huntington Library for the first title; and two U.S. copies for the second title, also at AAS and at the William Andrews Clark Library.
Estimate $200-300

I: A10 (of 12),B-G12, H11 (lacking H12); II: A-C12, D10 (lacking D6 & D7),E-G12, H11.


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