Dover Publications
The great importance and usefulness of herbs among settlers in the American colonies are made abundantly clear.
Mary Randolph (August 9, 1762ñJanuary 23, 1828) wrote The Virginia House-Wife (1824), the first American regional cookbook. Her recipes used Virginia produce but also showed influences from African, American Indian, and European cultures, thereby creating a cuisine unique to Virginia and the South. Randolph's influential housekeeping book was an immediate success and went through many editions until the 1860s. It included both culinary instructions and advice on household supervision. Besides popularizing the use of more than forty vegetables, Randolph's book also introduced dishes from abroad, such as gazpacho, to the southern public.
Describes the best methods of bookbinding, and of keeping books when bound, taking into account the present-day conditions.
Early American craftsmen made a vital contribution to the development of this country, and they are still a very important part of our heritage. This book provides illustrations, rendered for coloring, of 22 crafts that were once widespread in America but are now rarely seen.
Wigmakers, farriers (horse shoers), glassblowers, hatters, a whitesmith (tinsmith), cutlers, coopers, cabinetmakers, a coppersmith, and other tradesmen are shown in period costume at work, often in groups of two or more. On facing pages are illustrations of tools and products associated with each trade ó such as the whitesmith's anchored shears, flatting hammer, tin snips, tin candlestick, tin lantern, soldering iron, etc. A caption provides basic information on the craft.
This entertaining and educational coloring book provides a fascinating glimpse of clothing styles worn by Colonial Americans ó from the early years of colonization to the onset of the American Revolution. Carefully researched and meticulously rendered by illustrator Tom Tierney, 45 excellent, ready-to-color illustrations present an exciting panorama of wearing apparel spanning nearly 150 years of fashion history.
Travel back in time over 300 years for an authentic glimpse of typical occupations practiced in colonial America from the mid-seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. Artist Peter Copeland makes it possible in this carefully researched and meticulously rendered coloring book. Forty lively scenes ó five of them double-page ó depict a variety of tradespeople and crafters: the watercart driver, who supplied townspeople with fresh water daily for a small fee; the town crier, a colonial version of today's TV newscaster; the tinker, a traveling repairman; and many more.
†being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects.
"Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published ... in 1924."
An alphabetical compendium of antique legends and beliefs, as reflected in the manners and customs of the Chinese†
Facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Reveals the rich variety of food Colonial Americans enjoyed, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, even their colorful language.
Early Victorian cookbook shows the intriguing world of the mid-19th-century homemaker. It was designed to "promote the health, comfort, and prosperity" of American families.
Measured drawings of selected museum pieces with complete information on their construction and reproduction†
†The 3d ed. of 1794.
Clear instructions on how to make dozens of useful & beautiful items from inexpensive materials. A practical handbook in creative hand weaving.
