English Recipe Book, early 19th century

Date:
Early 19th century
Reference:
MS.7821
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English Recipe Book, early 19th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of cookery, household and medical recipes in a single hand. With two later 19th century recipes. The household and culinary recipes occupy the bulk of the book (ff. 1-16); the medical recipes are written from the back on ff. 17-20.

Publication/Creation

Early 19th century

Physical description

20 ff. 1 volume, approx. 160 x 100 mm. Modern, yellow buckram covers, inscribed `Recipes Grandmother Withers (pre 1850).

Acquisition note

Provenance unknown.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of the Recipe books project.Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/223.

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  • acc. 351492