Herbs for the Mediaeval Household : for cooking, healing and divers uses / by Margaret B. Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Margaret B.

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herbs.

Botany, Medical.

Medicinal plants.

Penn Provenance:

Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 48 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

[Fourth impression].

Distribution:

New York : Huxley House,

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [1959]

Contents:

Introduction

Herbs for cooking: many of these have healing virtues also

Herbs for healing

Herbs for poisoning pests

Sweet smelling herbs: for laying among clothes and for divers other uses. .

Notes:

Title page and text printed in red and black.

"This fourth impression of 4500 copies was printed by Huxley House in February, 1959."--Colophon.

"The headings are set in Goudy text; the text is set in 12 point Cloister Old Style. The paper was especially manufactured by The Curtis Paper Company."

Includes indexes.

Light green and white illustrated paper boards; yellow labels lettered in black on front cover and spine.

Local Notes:

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.

Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

1002878154