I bought the most read cook book in Norway, Henriette Schønberg Erken's Great Cook Book, on a recent fleemarket for a farthing.
The book has a leather binding, gold letters and a remarkable flower decoration on the section side. It's a special edition from 1938.
I've never seen anything like it before. picture # 1 is in sepia. Picture # 2 has natural colors. I wonder, is this decoration made by hand?
Visit teach Mary for more Sepia Scenes
12 comments:
Really BEAUTIFUL sepia!!
The cloth binding is woven art, the cover draws our attention to the enclosed recipes. Today, bindings are not so ornate and perhaps reciped are gathered digitally. Here, this book feels like an antique, yet, comfort food in those days was more comforting than most of today's processed foods. A lovely find!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
What an amazing buy. You really got yourself a beautiful treasure. The work on the spine is so intricate and lovely. I know you must be thrilled to have found it. Lovely shots...nice captures...fine composition.
Felisol, that cookbook is a beauty! Although I have no interest in cookbooks, I love to eat the stuff which derives from them.
Long time no see. My fault entirely. NO excuse!
Lovely!
What a beautiful find. That is an amazing looking book.
http://reesspace.blogspot.com/2011/05/sepia-scenes-blooms-in-antique.html
oh the design is beautiful felisol!
how are the recipes?....maybe one good and easy enough for the sisters cooking blog, eh?
i will be talking to you later from mom and dad goldens'....love terry
ha! the word verification word is "hessing"...if i had my way i would boot out the "h" and put in "bl" and tell you that that is what you are to me!!!
That's a lovely book. It must be a pleasure just to hold it and read it. And such a bargain!!
Oh my goodness, as a fellow book lover, that book is beautiful Felisol! Do you have many flea markets in your area? What a treasure!
Dear Colleen,
Nice hearing from you, after the blog meltdown.
We still have many flea markets in our area, and Gunnar and I like to visit as many as possible.
That is, Gunnar says he likes to drive me to them.
At the book market he actually found more books than me.
We are still waiting for a big one around midsummer, St. Hans, before they all close down till August.
Oh lucky day! What a treasure.
My goodness Felisol, I am going to judge this book by its cover - it looks like a culinary treasure trove.
You are fond of collecting and preserving works of art and value , I am sure this is one of them
Post a Comment