Cookery-books: 19th cent.

Date:
c. 1800-c. 1825
Reference:
MS.1831
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Cookery-books: 19th cent. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of cookery, medical and household receipts. Written by an early 19th cent. hand, except for the last 5 ll., which include a receipt for 'mushroom catchup', taken from 'Apicius redivivus' by William Kitchener [1775-1827]: this was first published in 1818, and there were several later editions, the seventh in 1827.

Publication/Creation

c. 1800-c. 1825

Physical description

1 volume 51 ll. first bl.. 4to. 231/2 x 19 cm. Unbound. Some leaves are probably missing at the end.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1928.

Location of duplicates

Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/228.

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).

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  • 77043