A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Century
by Bayard, Tania; (Translated and Edited by)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 006092182X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060921828
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About This Item
New York: HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. 139 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Tiny remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. "In 1394, an elderly Parisian burgher married a girl of 15 and presented her with a book of moral and domestic instructions that he had written to guide her. Tania Bayard has newly translated the most interesting portions of the book, called by eminent medievalist Eileen Power the most exhaustive treatise on the subject. Illustrated with 40 medieval woodcuts." - Publisher. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- 102282
- Title
- A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Century
- Author
- Bayard, Tania; (Translated and Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 006092182X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060921828
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genre & Subject / Genre (Everyday Life); European / 3. Medieval / Gothic; Genre & Subject / Food & Drink;
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