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Category Archives: 17th Century

The English Housewife by Gervais Markham (1615)

Aug27

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This book was written in 1615 by a gentleman setting out the “virtues” that any good housewife should possess, including the care and maintenance of a husband’s wine cellar.

It’s a scream!

 

 

 

 

Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press

Edition: 1986

Pages: 384

My Rating: ★★★★★

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Wine, Beere, Ale and Tobacco by Gallobelgicus (1630)

Aug20
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This is a modern print-on-demand facsimile of the facsimile edition published in 1915 by University of Carolina in 1915.

 

 

 

 

Publisher: Repressed Publishing LLC

Edition: 2012

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