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Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Receipt-Book, 17th-18th century
- Date:
- c.1690-1710
- Reference:
- MS.4054
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Collection of receipts for cordials, preserves, cookery and medicines.
By several hands.
Contents: Receits for preserving (pp. 1-61); stilling (pp. 71-92); [cosmetics (etc.)] (pp. 109-115); surgery and phisick (pp. 120-176); to make wine and other liquors (pp. 180-193); for syrups (pp. 204-207); for cookery (pp. 214-249).
Exhibited in ‘The Cult of Beauty’ at Wellcome Collection, London, 26 October 2023 – 28 April 2024.
Publication/Creation
c.1690-1710
Physical description
1 volume 26 ll. (first & last 2 bl.). + 249 pp. + 16 bl. ll. folio. 291/2 × 19 cm. Original calf binding.
Acquisition note
Purchased at Sotheby's (Hornby Castle Sale, 1930), Lot 163.
Ownership note
From the Duke of Leeds' Library.
Finding aids
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).
Location of duplicates
This recipe book has been digitised and images are linked to the catalogue record. In addition, a microfilm copy is held as AMS/MF/206.
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Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 62927