COOKERY -- A 47pp. manuscript receipt book, in several hands, [circa 1725-98], sm. 2°, upper cover inscribed "Mary Dan's Receipt Book, 1725," the front free endpaper inscribed by various members of the Weller family and dated 1754-1798, comprising recipes, including those "For Making Mead," and how "To Pickle Nasturtian Budds," also for puddings, meat dishes, cakes, and fish dishes, "Roast Lobsters," and "Pickled Oysters," with instructions on preserving and winemaking, contemporary vellum (soiled); and a manuscript household accounting book, [c.1783-90]. (2) | Christie's

拍品 270

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MANUSCRIPTS

COOKERY -- A 47pp. manuscript receipt book, in several hands, [circa 1725-98], sm. 2°, upper cover inscribed "Mary Dan's Receipt Book, 1725," the front free endpaper inscribed by various members of the Weller family and dated 1754-1798, comprising recipes, including those "For Making Mead," and how "To Pickle Nasturtian Budds," also for puddings, meat dishes, cakes, and fish dishes, "Roast Lobsters," and "Pickled Oysters," with instructions on preserving and winemaking, contemporary vellum (soiled); and a manuscript household accounting book, [c.1783-90]. (2)

细节

COOKERY -- A 47pp. manuscript receipt book, in several hands, [circa 1725-98], sm. 2°, upper cover inscribed "Mary Dan's Receipt Book, 1725," the front free endpaper inscribed by various members of the Weller family and dated 1754-1798, comprising recipes, including those "For Making Mead," and how "To Pickle Nasturtian Budds," also for puddings, meat dishes, cakes, and fish dishes, "Roast Lobsters," and "Pickled Oysters," with instructions on preserving and winemaking, contemporary vellum (soiled); and a manuscript household accounting book, [c.1783-90]. (2)