Author: Masson, Madeleine, compiled and edited by. Illustrated by Joan Wolfenden:
Title: The Grand Salad: From John Evelyn's Acetaria (1699).
Description: Isle of Wight, Peacock Vane, 1984. 1st Ed., H/B pale green cloth bds, gold lettering to spine, Fine, unclipped pict. d/w, Near Fine+, uniformly sunned on spine and a little to front and rear, SIGNED BY JOAN WOLFENDEN on front free endpaper, neat inscript. on top of title verso, contents fine and tight with pen drawings and water colour illustrations, calligraphy and the present day salads by Joan Wolfenden. A very nice copy.

Keywords: salad, Joan Wolfenden, herbs, John Evelyn, biography, vegetables, dressings, botany, natural history, Acetaria, classification.