Herbal Delights.

Leyel (Mrs. C.F. [i.e. Hilda W.W.])

Herbal Delights.

Tisanes, Syrups, Confections, Electuaries, Robs, Juleps, Vinegars and Conserves. With drawings by M.E. Rivers-Moore

Description: FIRST EDITION, fifty full-page drawings, one or two spots, pp. 429, 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt with lean to spine, top edge chestnut-brown, light spotting to edges and endpapers, dustjacket with a Rivers-Moore illustration to front, sunned and lightly spotted overall, chipped at corners with tape shadows to those at head, very good

Publication Details: Faber and Faber, 1937

Notes: Hilda Leyel was a cookery author and herbalist, responsible in large part for reviving in the twentieth-century the tradition of which Culpeper was the apogee. This compendium 'treats of those herbs which add to the pleasures of life' (dustjacket blurb), reserving the medicinal aspect for a further volume; along with the various properties and details of each plant, Leyel includes literary quotations and recipes - in combination with the drawings of Marion Rivers-Moore, the overall effect is delightful....moreHilda Leyel was a cookery author and herbalist, responsible in large part for reviving in the twentieth-century the tradition of which Culpeper was the apogee. This compendium 'treats of those herbs which add to the pleasures of life' (dustjacket blurb), reserving the medicinal aspect for a further volume; along with the various properties and details of each plant, Leyel includes literary quotations and recipes - in combination with the drawings of Marion Rivers-Moore, the overall effect is delightful. HIDE

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Price: £250

Subject: Sciences

Published Date: 1937

Stock Number: 70862

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