John Evelyn
Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets, 1985
Dallas: Still Point Press
One of 300 copies.
2961
Small quarto. 149, (3)pp. With an Introduction by Kit Currie and ten full-page illustrations in color by Rosemary Tottoroto. The text reprints the first book in English on the subject...
Small quarto. 149, (3)pp. With an Introduction by Kit Currie and ten full-page illustrations in color by Rosemary Tottoroto. The text reprints the first book in English on the subject of salads, published in 1699 by bibliophile, horticulturalist, and proto-environmentalist John Evelyn. Here printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press, and bound by Gray Parrot in quarter-morocco, with leather tips, and paper over boards in the style of 18th-century German gilt paper. Includes Mylar dust jacket. Fine. Still Point Press Catalogue No. 1, prospectus, and letter from Henry Morris in original envelope laid in. Bookplate to front pastedown.


