The Third edition. With particular Remarks relating to the Drying or Kilning of Saffron. Recent antique style full calf, spine with five raised bands and contrasting label, gilt titles and lines to spine and boards. 8vo., pp.xi, 187. Title page in red and black, engraved frontispiece of a farm scene and decorative headpieces and initial letters at the start of each calendar month, with occasional tailpieces. Original fly-leaf loosely inserted has hand-written recipes for Elder Wine and Raisin Wine from malagoes. Previous owner s signature on title page, -Mary Storm (?). Recipes are arranged by availability of ingredients in each calendar month - in January there is a discourse on Pigeons, February and March are about chickens, eggs, various fish, herb soups and Orange and Birch wines; March is the best month for brewing (river water which has partook of the Air and Sun to extract its virtues is best for brewing) with a discussion on cellars. April concerns recipes for travel including a A Travelling Sauce of Claret , Vinegar and Verjuice, a Veal Glue or Cake Sauce to be carried in the pocket , A Water-Soochy made with Perch, Fronteniac Wine, Asparagus Cream and Peigle (Cowslip Wine). May is busy month in the dairy, with recipes for Marygold cheese, Sage Cheese, Slip-Coat Cheese, the preparation of Herb Teas and Surfeit-Water for over-indulgence. June is for the preparation of fruit wines and tarts, pickling walnuts, dried artichokes and dressed Goatsbeard (salsify) and fattening a boar for christmas. July is for pickling cucumbers and nasturtium seeds and cherries in brandy. August is for game and mead-making and the Jelly of Health. September is about mushrooms, saffron, wild ducks and pickled mangoes. October and November are oysters and Quince Wine and woodcocks, pheasants and snipe. December is about roasting boar and Fish Sausages. A clean copy, if a little wrinkled from previous water damage, particular evident on first 30 pages and last few leaves, title page and frontispiece dusty and marked , tear to title page mended without loss (see photo), very occasional light foxing. Please note faults, but a fascinating and rather volume. only 4 copies in ESTC, 2 in the UK and 2 in North America. This edition not in the British Library.