English Recipe Book, 19th century

Collection of medical, veterinary, culinary and household recipes, in no particular order, mainly in a single 19th century hand. With additional matter, including a glossary of medical terms (pp. 73-80) and 'On the Art of Prescribing Medicines from the London Dispensatory 1822' (pp. 254-264). Several of the entries are remedies for cholera (pp. 25, 99-100).

1818-1850

1 volume 1 volume: 168 x 110 mm. i + 276 pp. (141-240 largely blank). Quarter-bound in dark brown leather.

Purchased via eBay, June 2014.

The collection seems to have been started by one Richard Carr, of Leyland, Lancs., who penned his ownership inscription inside the front cover. The latest date discernible in the collection is 1850 (p. 102) in an entry apparently in the same hand, although there are undated recipes later in the volume in other hands that are undoubtedly later.