
THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 18•
ELYOT (THOMAS) The Castell of Health, Matthew Lownes, 1595
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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ELYOT (THOMAS)
The Castell of Health, Corrected, and in Some Places Augmented by the First Author thereof, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpieces and initials, numerous passages with early ink underscoring, pointing hands and other marginalia ("sign of melancholy blood"), some browning and staining, I2 probably from another copy, final leaf with small tear at foot affecting a few letters, later calf with blind rule border and corner-pieces, red morocco spine label, rebacked, upper cover near detached [ESTC S111641], 4to (175 x 125mm.), Printed by the Widdow Orwin, and are to be sold by Matthew Lownes, 1595
Footnotes
Elyot's Castel of Helth, first published in 1539, completed the trilogy of his major works, providing advice as to the uses and effects of different foods and diets "so that English men and women may understand and regulate their health accordingly. It popularized the theory of the four humours and complexions, which became a basic part of the intellectual make-up of Renaissance Britain, and suggested medicines and treatments for a variety of ailments" (ODNB).
Provenance: A.B. Middleton, Salisbury, 1871, ownership inscription on front free endpaper.