Cookery-books: 18th cent.

Collection of cookery receipts, by several hands: in a volume containing calligraphically written rules for Arithmetic, and a farmer's accounts dated 1725-1732. Signature of C. F. Fellows. 15 Great Cumberland Place, W., inside the upper cover, i.e. Charles Francis Fellows [1847-1919] barrister.

c. 1700-c. 1735

1 volume 7 ll. + 19 ll. + 20 bl. ll. + 1 l. + 22 bl. ll. + 11 ll. + 35 bl. ll. + 24 ll. 4to. 221/2 x 171/2 cm. Original vellum binding, damaged and one cover wanting. A number of leaves have been torn out, or have been mutilated, in various parts of the volume.

Purchased at Sotheby's, 25/7/1919, Lot 781 (part).

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of the Recipe books project.