Lot Essay
"Although the title-page clearly states that this work was 'by several hands', there is little doubt, from evidence in later editions, that Mary Kettilby was the principal author" (Maclean).
Details
[KETTILBY, Mary]. A Collection of above three hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, London: Mary Kettilby, 1719, 2 parts in one volume, 8°, second edition, half title (leaves C4 of first part and C8 of second part detached, stiched to the previous page with needles, leaf C5 in first part torn, stiched together with thread sense recoverable, small hole to F1 of first part affecting 2 letters, marginal dampstaing only affecting text of the last few leaves), contemporary speckled calf (joints cracked, cords to front cover holding, only lower cord to rear cover holding, corners bumped). [Maclean p. 79; Oxford p. 54 note; Vicaire p. 188]
Provenance
Charlotte Norton, inscription to title and pastedown.