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.