RECEIPT BOOK. Manuscript on paper, 'Anweisung zur Zubereitung mancherley Speisen und Backwercks Aus verschiedenen Kochbüchern zusammengetragen', Kronstadt, 1808, a compilation of recipes drawn from various sources, organised in sections of soups, sauces, meat, fish, baking, jellies, etc, the majority in a single formal cursive gothic hands, but with later additions in an informal hand, approximately 125 leaves, 4to (230 x 180mm), some blanks, index, one later folio loosely inserted. Contemporary card.