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[Shijo Family’s Collection of Secret Information] by SHIJOKE HIDEN SHO 四條家秘伝書

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Title: [Shijo Family’s Collection of Secret Information]
Author: SHIJOKE HIDEN SHO 四條家秘伝書
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Numerous woodcuts, many full-page, in the text. 2 p.l., 27, 11, 26; 20, 21, 24 folding leaves. Six parts in two vols. Oblong 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, manuscript title labels on upper covers (the label on Vol. I is largely worn away), new stitching. [Kyoto?]: most of the parts end with the date 1642. First edition of this rare collection of early gastronomic texts from the Shijo school of hocho shiki. It was the oldest school of the special imperial knife ceremony and describes rituals in which the chef carves fish and poultry using a special kitchen knife and metal chopsticks, without once touching the flesh with his hands. “Unlike the modern steak house chef who is a vaudeville version of a short-order cook, medieval chefs who performed knife ceremonies were not ordinary chefs: they were at the top of their occupation, employed only by the military and aristocratic elite…The Shijo [school] traced their genealogy back to a branch house — appropriately called the ‘fish name branch’ — of the northern branch of the Fujiwara family, which dominated government during much of the Heian period.”–Rath, Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan, pp. 40-41 This book collects and prints six earlier texts, all of which remained in manuscript until being printed here for the first time: Vol. I: 1. “Sanjuroku no Koi” (“36 Ways to Cut Up Carp”). 2. “Choshi richu” (“How to Serve Sake with Carp”). 3. “Ryori shitsuke sho” (“Recipes & Etiquette”). Vol. II: 4. “Hocho kan dai ichi” (“First Section on the Knife”). 5. “Hocho kan dai ni” (“Second Section on the Knife”). 6. “Shijo kei hiden sho” (“Shijo Family’s Collection of Secret Information”). The fine and numerous illustrations depict methods of cutting up various fish and game (including cranes), the setting of trays, how to wrap fish, chopping boards, knife handles, sake dispensers, mochi, etc. This is an extremely early Japanese printed gastronomic work. WorldCat lists only two parts: numbers 2 and 3. Fine copy, preserved in a chitsu. Occasional minor spotting. One woodcut partly defective due to a natural paper flaw.

JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA. by Hubbard, Elbert and Alice

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Title: JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA.
Author: Hubbard, Elbert and Alice
Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description: The Roycrofters, East Aurora, New York, 1906 Octavo, 107 pages, Number 47 of 106 copies printed on Japan Vellum and signed by Elbert Hubbard. A pristine copy bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, likely done by Louis Herman Kinder. Six paneled spine, gilt, one with title, one with the author's names and four with lovely stylized daisies and foliage, dated 1906 at the bottom. Top edge gilt. Decorative double title page, colophon and head pieces designed by Dard Hunter, executed in burnt orange and black. Portraits of Alice and Elbert on facing pages. The extraordinary condition of the book is due to the presence of the original felt-lined clamshell box and fragile glassine wrapper. The box, although quite worn on all of the edges remains complete with titled paper label. The glassine wrapper is also worn, with several tears and chips but both flaps are still present. It is rare indeed to find a copy of this book with both the box and glassine wrapper still present. A stellar copy of one of Hunter's most handsome designs, scarce in the deluxe Roycroft binding.

The Merck Index

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: The Merck Index
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: NJ: Merck, 1976. Very Good. Ninth edition. Very good plus Ex-library copy.

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