MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOKS -- An 18th-century manuscript notebook containing 70 leaves of cookery and 57 leaves of medicinal recipes and household hints in various hands, with a number of cuttings pasted in, loosely inserted typescript index headed "The Fitz Walter Manuscript, c.1730-1770," 2°, 18th-century calf-backed boards (worn, block split); and a second manuscript receipt book, late 18th-century. (2)

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MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOKS -- An 18th-century manuscript notebook containing 70 leaves of cookery and 57 leaves of medicinal recipes and household hints in various hands, with a number of cuttings pasted in, loosely inserted typescript index headed "The Fitz Walter Manuscript, c.1730-1770," 2°, 18th-century calf-backed boards (worn, block split); and a second manuscript receipt book, late 18th-century. (2)

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