SIGNED! Cookery In the Middle Ages Rochelle Lucky 2-Vols Ltd Ed Slipcase HC 1978
Cookery In the Middle Ages Rochelle Lucky 2-Vols Ltd Ed Slipcase HC 1978. A Treatise On The Art & Antiquity of Cookery In The Middle Ages - Volumes I and II. Published by Gerry Vance / The Weather Bird Press (1978). TWO VOLUME LIMITED EDITION OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY PUBLISHER GERRY VANCE IN SLIPCASE. Excellent 1978 Limited Edition Set of Two Hardcover Books in Slipcase SIGNED BY PUBLISHER & LEGENDARY DISNEY CARTOONIST, GERRY VANCE on the last page of volume II!
The slipcase measures approximately 6.75" x 10.5" x 75. The bindings are both tight and all pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS. The covers look excellent but there is a small black mark on the back cover of volume 2, and some small superficial marks on the slipcase; both can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care!There are but a few now-a-days who do not love eating and drinking. But how many of us are aware of how cookery arrived at its present level of sophistication and diversification.
Cookery arrived at its present sophistication by slow degrees and over many years. In the early stages of the world, man was content with his vegetable and fruit diet. The Middle-Ages was at a time of stews, thick broths, pies and soups.
As man began to feed on animals, fowls and fish seasonings grew necessary to make the meal more palatable and savory. Salt probably was first discovered for use as a seasoning then found out to be a preservative. Basically, cookery methods went from boiling to stewing to roasting, eventually becoming a universal and diversified art. This then isa brief historical glimpse into the art of cookery and confectionery and the development of culinary utensils. About Publisher, Gerry Vance (from Wikipedia).
Vance Bryden Gerry (August 21, 1929 - March 5, 2005) was an American storyboard artist, concept artist, and character designer. He worked in films such as One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970), Robin Hood (1973), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), Oliver & Company (1988), The Lion King (1994), Hercules (1997), and Fantasia 2000 (1999). He also operated his own letterpress printing business called Weather Bird Press. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own.