English recipe book, 18th-19th century

Collection of recipes in various hands, mainly pasted in to a ruled ledger book. Most of the recipes are culinary, but there are also several for ink, and one to cure an ague (f. 3).

1758-1865

1 volume 1 volume: c.210 x 160 mm. 29 leaves (7-29 blank). Vellum-covered boards.Two loose enclosures.

Purchased at Puttick and Simpson's sale, 11 November 1931, lot 260 (part)

There is some internal evidence of a Wiltshire provenance: a recipe to make red ink is annotated 'old Mr Davis steward at Longleat 1820' (f. 2v.), a recipe for lemon brandy is headed 'From Mrs Capt. Davis ... Malmesbury' (f. 4) and three recipes on ff. 5-6 are ascribed to Admiral Houlton [presumably John Houlton, of Seagry and Grittleton, d.1791, Rear-Admiral of tthe Blue].