Author: Ann Fanshawe, Lady Fanshawe
Title: The Memoirs of Ann Lady Fanshawe
Description: London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1907 . Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce reproduction of the journal of seventeenth century memoirist Lady Fanshawe. Illustrated with thirty-nine plates, and five folding genealogical tables. Collated, complete.First issued between 1829 and 1830, this scarce edition is published from Lady Ann Fanshawe's original manuscript. A lovely copy of the memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, the English memoirist and cookery author whose recipe for ice cream, dated 1665, is thought to be the earliest recorded in Europe. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with boards bright. Bumping to spine head and tail, with small split in cloth to spine head. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting and areas of light foxing throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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