[Sca-cooks] A Dairie Book

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Thu Jan 6 13:26:03 PST 2011


I own it. It does exist.
Tell your librarian that this librarian says the title to search under  
is:
Tasso, Torquato. The housholders philosophie.
[first written in Italian, and now transl. by T.K.]; anexed 'A Dairie  
booke [for good huswives' ; by Bartholomew Dowe].

direct from Worldcat--
ISBN: 9022107655       9789022107652

  	 OCLC Number: 2237530

  	 Notes: Translation of Il padre famiglia. Photoreprint ed. Includes  
original t.p.: The housholders philosophie : wherein is perfectly and  
profitably described, the true oeconomia and forme of housekeeping ...  
First written in Italian by ... Torquato Tasso, and now translated by  
T.K. Whereunto is anexed A dairie booke for all good huswiues. At   
London, printed by F.C. for Thomas Hacket ... 1588.
The 2d work is by B. Dowe. "S.T.C. no 23703." Description: 27 [i.e.  
69], [20] p. ; 22 cm. Series
Title: The English experience, its record in early printed books  
published in facsimile, no. 765 Other Titles: Householders  
philosophie., Padre famiglia. Responsibility: Torquato Tasso.

Worldcat lists at least 94 copies in libraries. You ought to be able  
to interlibrary one.
It's also up on EEBO so if you have access to that, you can just  
download it.

Looks to me like Stuart Press has also redone it as:
A Suffolk Tudor Dairy
Bartholomew Dowe
illustrated
Publisher Stuart Press, 2007

ISBN1858042275,
9781858042275
Length17 pages

Johnnae, playing librarian

On Jan 6, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Linda Larson wrote:

> I have been trying to find A Dairie Book for Good Huswives.  Very  
> profitable and pleasaunt for the making and keeping of white  
> meates.  Printed for Thomas Hacket, London 1588.  A facsimile was  
> printed in 1975 by Walter J. Johnson, Norwood NJ.  I have had my  
> local librarian searching for it through ILL, but she can't find  
> it.  Any leads?
>
> Lidia



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