BE BEAUTIFUL THE COUNTRY WAY by Haddon, Cella

London: Davis-Poynter, 1979 pp.63, illustrated with a few drawings. Plum-coloured boards, gilt in very good plus protected dustjacket with some fading at folded edges.

London England: Davis-Poynter, 1979. The author explores the world tht we have lost - the world where a cure for hiccups was preserved damsons, and where housewives authomatically made lavender bags, sweet bags, and pot pourri to keep their homes sweet smelling. A wide variety of charming old household recipes are t be found in this book - anything from 'An Aromatic Bath for the Feet' to a recipe entitled 'For a Distemper got by an Ill Husband' - and it is delightfully illustrated with wood engravings by Thomas Bewick and his pupils. Illustrations. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.