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Chemistry in the kitchen, a woman's manuscript recipe book
Elizabeth Hardy, c.1791
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Chemistry in the kitchen, a woman's manuscript recipe book
Elizabeth Hardy, c.1791
RECIPES – HARDY, Elizabeth (c.1790s). 45 leaves of manuscript recipes for cuisine, medicines, and dyes. England (Shrewsbury?), c.1791.
A remarkable manuscript recipe book created by an 18th-century woman. The culinary recipes include “A Currey the Indian Way” as well as more than one recipe for imitation turtle. The medicinal and chemical recipes begin from the other end of the album, containing recipes for dyes, ointments, and even a “Surfeit Water” made of poppies boiled in brandy.
Quarto (204 x 165mm). 45 leaves of manuscript recipes, comprising 68 pages of culinary recipes with an index and further 33 pages of other chemical recipes, both medicinal and artisanal. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, printed “Arithmetical Tables” pasted to lower board (boards very worn and spine perishing, some leaves detached); in custom slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Elizabeth Hardy – Anita Baldwin (engraved bookplate).
Elizabeth Hardy, c.1791
RECIPES – HARDY, Elizabeth (c.1790s). 45 leaves of manuscript recipes for cuisine, medicines, and dyes. England (Shrewsbury?), c.1791.
A remarkable manuscript recipe book created by an 18th-century woman. The culinary recipes include “A Currey the Indian Way” as well as more than one recipe for imitation turtle. The medicinal and chemical recipes begin from the other end of the album, containing recipes for dyes, ointments, and even a “Surfeit Water” made of poppies boiled in brandy.
Quarto (204 x 165mm). 45 leaves of manuscript recipes, comprising 68 pages of culinary recipes with an index and further 33 pages of other chemical recipes, both medicinal and artisanal. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, printed “Arithmetical Tables” pasted to lower board (boards very worn and spine perishing, some leaves detached); in custom slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Elizabeth Hardy – Anita Baldwin (engraved bookplate).
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