MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOKS -- An early 19th-century manuscript notebook containing some 63 leaves of cookery and wine recipes in several hands, one leaf dated 1826, oblong 8°, contemporary calf, ruled and tooled in blind (rubbed), brass clasp Provenance: Mrs Williams (inscription on upper cover); John Bell (engraved booklabel); Josh. Walker (inscription on front pastedown); and a second receipt book, 18th-century, containing cookery recipes (some browning or spotting). (2)