Cookery-books: 17th-18th century

Date:
c. 1685-c. 1725
Reference:
MS.1794
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Cookery-books: 17th-18th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of cookery receipts, with a few medical receipts: by several hands.

Publication/Creation

c. 1685-c. 1725

Physical description

1 volume 39 ll. + 123 bl. ll. + 14 ll. 4to. 22 x 17 cm. Original calf binding, worn. The receipts are numbered, and Nos. 1-39 are wanting.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1931.

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/225.

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).

Ownership note

From the John Hodgkin Collection of Cookery-books.

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  • 73729