Renaissance Secrets : Recipes and Formulas Hardcover Jo Wheeler

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Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Publication Name
V&A Publishing
ISBN
9781851775774
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Publisher
V&A Publishing
ISBN-10
1851775773
ISBN-13
9781851775774
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72730979

Product Key Features

Book Title
Renaissance Secrets : Recipes and Formulas
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Historiography, Europe / Renaissance
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Jo Wheeler
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
11.9 in
Item Width
6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
940.21
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
From recipes for aphrodisiacs to formulas for everything from lip balm to stain removers to paint pigments, this book unveils the secret world of Renaissance lotions and potions. Clothbound with marbled endpapers and superbly illustrated with relevant objects from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Renaissance Secrets reveals a myriad of concoctions once used to create medicines, cosmetics, printing materials, even amulets meant to ward off the plague. New and extensive research offers intriguing insights into the use of obscure, exotic and toxic ingredients and explains now-unfamiliar or arcane techniques. Renaissance Secrets reveals the compelling stories behind the original recipes., The term 'Secret' was used throughout the Renaissance to describe a recipe or formula. Thousands of 'books of secrets' - compilations of recipes claiming to reveal trade secrets and occult knowledge - were printed. From recipes for plague amulets to aphrodisiacs, and formulas for everything from lip balm to paint pigments, this book takes you into the clandestine world of Renaissance trades and explains why certain recipes were jealously guarded while others were printed for a new general readership. ..New research offers intriguing insights into the use of obscure, exotic and toxic ingredients and explains now unfamiliar or arcane techniques. Each recipe is linked to real objects from the V and A's outstanding collections. Renaissance Secrets tells the compelling stories behind the original recipes...
LC Classification Number
CB361

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