The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chirurgery, preserving and candying, &c. ; which were presented unto the Queen : by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem, when she pleased to descend to private recreations.

London : Printed for N. Brooke, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1671.

12 unnumbered pages, 191 pages, 9 unnumbered pages; 2 unnumbered pages, 106 pages, 4 unnumbered pages; 123 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : portrait (engraving) ; 15 cm (12mo)

Corrected and reviewed, with many new and large additions : together with three exact tables.

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) M101

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) M94

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) Q157

Wellcome cat. of printed books, IV, p. 3

ESTC (RLIN) R236842

Prefatory letter "To the reader" signed: W.M.

A reissue, with a cancel title page, of the edition published in the same year bearing the imprint: London, printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Corn-Hill, near the Royal Exchange, 1671 (Not in Wing).

Frontis. = ill. = port. of Queen Henrietta Maria.

Includes: 'A Queens delight; or, The art of preserving, conserving and candying' (Wing Q157) and 'The compleat cook: expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether Italian, Spanish or French, for dressing of flesh and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry' (Wing M94), each with a separate title page bearing the imprint: London, printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Corn-Hill, near the Royal Exchange, 1671, and each with separate pagination and register.

Frontis. is signed: G: Faithorne fec:

Signatures: A⁶(±A2) C-K¹² L⁴; ²A-D¹² E⁸; ³A-E¹² F⁶(-F6).

Includes indexes.

Copy 1 Note: Lacks portrait. Lacks last 4 unnumbered leaves of part 1.