The design on the front binding of this volume reproduces a contemporary Binding (possibly by le Gascon?) from the library of the Author, whose arms it embodies.

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION[ix]
THE CLOSET OF SIR KENELM DIGBY OPENED:
TITLE PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION[1]
TO THE READER[3]
RECEIPTS FOR MEAD, METHEGLIN, AND OTHER DRINKS[5]
COOKERY RECEIPTS[111]
THE TABLE[263]
APPENDIX I. SOME ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS[271]
II. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY[272]
III. LIST OF THE HERBS, FLOWERS, &C., REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT[274]
NOTES[277]
GLOSSARY[283]
INDEX OF RECEIPTS[287]

The frontispiece is a reproduction in photogravure after the portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby by Sir Anthony Vandyke in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor Castle, by permission.


INTRODUCTION