The queen-like closet, or, Rich cabinet : stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying & cookery : very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex / by Hannah Wolley.

First edition.
Publisher's advertisements on page [30] at end.
Binder's statement in ML&M files: In 2018 I wandered through the NY Antiquarian Book Fair, looking for a book that would lend itself to an embroidered binding. The Queen-Like Closet is an early household-management treatise by a woman who was one of the first to make a good living writing advice books. The frontispiece illustration -- vignettes of kitchen scenes -- inspired my design. The embroidery was worked single thread on airplane linen before the book was covered in fabric. The cloth is unlined; adhesive was applied to the boards and spine of the book, then the fabric stretched around it. To accompany the book, I wrote a short essay, "Inside and Out," to explain my approach, describe the sewing stitches used, and provide historical context for the binding. Then I boxed both little books and enclosed them in a queen-like cabinet. The cabinet is made from book board covered in silk book cloth. The hinges are dollhouse fittings. I wove the handles from brass wire. Leather panels decorate the doors and the lid of the closet.