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Liebig "Company's" extract of beef : J. Liebig: this signature on each jar [of the] finest meat flavouring stock for soups, sauces and made dishes / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Ltd.
Liebig's Extract of Meat Company.Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]- Books
Street food : hawkers and the history of London / Charlie Taverner.
Taverner, CharlieDate: 2023- Books
Food in global history / edited by Raymond Grew.
Date: [1999], ©1999- Books
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A new system of husbandry. From experiments never before made public. With tables shewing the expence and profit of each crop. How to stock Farms to the best Advantage. How the Crops are to follow each other by the Way of Rotation. On Trench-Ploughing, shewing how to raise good Crops without Manure. On Rearing, Breeding, and Feeding Cattle, shewing the Sorts of Food that lays on Fat and Lean. On a new discovered cheap Food for Cattle. A Description of a most valuable moving Sheep-House for eating Turnips on the Ground without waste. How to raise Cabbages for feeding Cattle. On all Sorts of Manures, Marls, Clays, Sands, &c. Likewise A few Chapters humbly offered for the Perusal of the Legislature in regard to two or three Acts of Parliament which might be passed for the Good of the Public. With many chosen Receipts for the Cure of all Sorts of Cattle. All which are calculated both for Profit and Amusement of the Country Gentleman and Farmer. By C. Varley, Esq; In three volumes. ...
Varlo, Charles, approximately 1725-approximately 1795.Date: [1770]- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The Method of planting Forest-Trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath Lands. II. The Method of pruning Forest-Trees, and improving Plantations. III. On the Soils most proper for the different kinds of Forest-Trees. IV. The Management of Vines; their Cultivation upon Fire-Walls, and in the Hot-House, &c. V. A new and easy Method to propagate Pine Plants, so as to gain Half a Year in Growth; with a sure Method of destroying the Insect so destructive to Pines. VI. The best Method to raise Mushrooms without Spawn. Vii. An improved Method of cultivating Asparagus. Viii. The best Method to cultivate Field Cabbages, Carrots, and Turnips for feeding of Cattle. IX. A new Method of managing all kinds of Fruit-Trees. By John Kennedy, Gardener To Sir Thomas Gascoigne Bart. A new edition ; to which is added, An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Pictures
The English coffee house in Amsterdam: shares are traded during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 811729iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; with particular directions for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted out. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; with directions how to improve plantations and woods that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines, comprehending their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; together with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method of propagating pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; together with a certain method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. A certain and easy method of raising mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every week in the year. VII. A new method of cultivating asparagus. And, VIII. The best method of cultivating field-cabbages and carrots for the purpose of feeding cattle. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, baronet.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing I. The Method of planting Forest-Trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath Lands; and for raising the Plants in the Seed-Bed, previous to their being planted. II. The Method of Pruning Forest-Trees, and how to improve Plantations that have been neglected. III. On the Soils most proper for the different Kinds of Forest-Trees. IV. The Management of Vines; their Cultivation upon Fire-Walls and in the Hot-House; with a new Method of dressing, planting, and preparing the Ground. V. A new and easy Method to propagate Fire Plants, so as to gain Half a Year in their Growth; with a sure Method of destroying the Insect so destructive to Pines. VI. The best Method to raise Mushrooms without Spawn, by which the Table may be plentifully supplied every Day in the Year. Vii. An improved Method of cultivating Asparagus. Viii. The best Method to cultivate Field Cabbages, ... IX. A new Method of managing all Kinds of Fruit-Trees, ... and cure them when blighted. By John Kennedy, Gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; and for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; and how to improve plantations that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines; their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method to propagate pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; with a sure method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. The best method to raise mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every day in the year. VII. An improved method of cultivating asparagus. VIII. The best method to cultivate field cabbages, carrots, and turnips for feeding of cattle. IX. a new method of managing all kinds of fruit-trees, viz. of proper soils for planting, of pruning and dressing them; with a receipt to prevent blights, and cure them when blighted. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. The second edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. In two volumes.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M DCCL XXVII. [1777]- Videos
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Clinical nutrition : dietary fibre. Part 1.
Date: 1977- Digital Images
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Chinese woodcut, dietary prohibitions during medication
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Insects & Crops
Date: Late 19th centuryReference: WF/C/M/SL/10/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Insects & Crops
Date: Late 19th centuryReference: WF/C/M/SL/10/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
A woman who sells groceries examines a herring from a barrel of fish offered to her by a young man. Mezzotint after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 31163i- Pictures
The ghost of Erasmus flees his native city of Rotterdam as its finances are corrupted by the purchase of inflated stock during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 811846iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
The shop of a tooth-drawer, barber, apothecary and blood-letter called "Dickey Gossip", with a song about him. Process print, 1931, after an etching, 1795.
Date: 8 August 1931Reference: 16806i- Archives and manuscripts
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Recipe Book, 18th and 19th Century
Date: late 18th century to early 19th centuryReference: MS.7978- Archives and manuscripts
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Anglo-Saxon Medical Manuscript
Date: Early 11th centuryReference: MS.46- Pictures
Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: 1830Reference: 11400i- Archives and manuscripts
Press Adverts - Horticultural [and domestic household]
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: c 1933 - c 1939Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints and negatives relating to period from First Battle of Ypres to the following summer, Northern France
Date: October 1914-June 1915Reference: AML/2Part of: Martin Leake, Arthur- Archives and manuscripts
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Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744)
Date: 1662 - mid 18th centuryReference: MS.8903