THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.

Now first collected, with occasional Notes, By William Upcott. Henry Colburn ... 1825.
1st Ed. 4to. xxvi + 849pp. 4 plates including 1 mezzotint, ills. including several full page. Ex.-libris W. Hilton Kelliher, signature x lacking sm. portion to leading corner, some light browning, Aspley House Beds. bookplate, marbled e.ps. and edges, hinges taped, half sheep with marbled boards, joints repaired, some wear to extremities and boards, gilt lettered title label to spine. Including many of his scarcer works including Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets... (1699) (the first recorded book on salads), Of Liberty and Servitude, The Golden Book of St John Chrysostom, etc.
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