English Recipe and Commonplace Book, early 20th century
- Date:
- Early 20th century
- Reference:
- MS.7873
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Collection of pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary and culinary recipes, together with miscellaneous commonplaces, in various hands.
The book began as a record of pharmaceutical formulae (ff. 2-32 passim), later served as a cookery book (27-39 passim) and finally as a repository of commonplaces, including sketches, largely relating to the prehistory, archaeology and geology of Cornwall (22v.-105 passim).
Publication/Creation
Early 20th century
Physical description
105 ff. several blanks. 1 volume: 160 x 100mm. Quarter-bound in red leather, with brown buckram-covered boards, and decorated end papers.
Acquisition note
Purchased from A R Heath, 2001.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
Ownership note
Ownership inscription: 'This book is the property of Harold J. Chipman Nov. 19th 1908' (f. 2), in the same hand as the majority of the formulae, though not the cookery recipes and commonplaces [?Harold John Chipman, b. 12 Nov. 1888, St Day, Cornwall, International Genealogical Index].
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 901