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Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets
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Title: Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets
Author: John Evelyn
Release Date: April 1, 2005 [EBook #15517]
Language: English
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ACETARIA A DISCOURSE OF SALLETS
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By _JOHN EVELYN, Esq._
Author of the Kalendarium * * * * *
BROOKLYN,
Published by the _Women's Auxiliary_,
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
1937
Printed in the United States of America
_Publisher's Note_
This edition of Acetaria is a faithful reprint of the First Edition of 1699, with the correction of a few obvious typographical errors, and those noted in the Errata of the original edition. Whereas no attempt has been made to reproduce the typography of the original, the spirit has been retained, and the vagaries of spelling and punctuation have been carefully followed; also the old-style S [s] has been retained. Much of the flavour of Acetaria is lost if it is scanned too hurriedly; and one should remember also that Latin and Greek were the gauge of a man of letters, and if the titles and quotations seem a