Salt and fishery, a discourse thereof insisting on the following heads. 1. The several ways of making salt in England, and foreign parts. 2. The character and qualities good and bad, of these several sorts of salt, English refin'd asserted to be much better than any foreign. 3. The catching and curing, or salting of the most eminent or staple sorts of fish, for long or short keeping. 4. The salting of flesh. 5. The cookery of fish and flesh. 6. Extraordinary experiments in preserving butter, flesh, fish, fowl, fruit, and roots, fresh and sweet for long keeping. 7. The case and sufferings of the saltworkers. 8. Proposals for their relief, and for the advancement of the fishery, the woollen, tin, and divers other manufactures. By John Collins, accomptant to the Royal Fishery Company. E Reg. Soc. Philomath.

People / Organizations

• John Collins (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, 1682.

Publication year

1682-1682

ESTC No.

R39377

Grub Street ID

121275

Description

[8], 32, 49-164, [4] p. ; 4⁰

Note

With two final contents leaves.Citation/references Wing (2nd ed., 1994), C5380A