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1 to 12 of 1721 records

Total number of records: 1721

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1666
Archives55

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
cooking, english399
cooking287
home economics191
recipes99
cooking, french80
gastronomy72
confectionery71
menus65
food54
dinners and dining31

Count of Place

PlaceCount
France5
Great Britain4
England4
London (England)2
Rome1
Vienna (Austria)1
India1
Greece1
Europe1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)58
Careme, M A (1784-1833)29
Raffald, Elizabeth (1733-1781)29
Acton, Eliza (1799-1859)24
Soyer, Alexis (1809-1858)23
Francatelli, Charles Elme (1805-1876)22
Senn, Charles Herman (1862-1934)22
Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770)21
Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865)16
Kenney-Herbert, A R (1840-1916)16

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1700214
From 18001124
From 1900383

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1799169
Up to 18991038
Up to 1999514
Archive File:
MS 161
English cookery books from 1500 to 1900: a bibliography, by John Preston
c. 1962?
Contains detailed bibliographical descriptions of selected items
Archive File:
MS 162
Notebook containing extracts from booksellers' catalogue descriptions of cookery books, 1951-1957
1951-1957
Archive File:
MS 163
English cookery books, 1500 to 1900: a bibliography, by John F. Preston
c. 1962
The bibliography takes the form of a synoptic list of some 1,500 items, for the most part arranged chronologically. Also present are "Contents of case no. 1"; a handlist of the John F. Preston cookery...
Archive File:
MS 1680
An anonymous collection of culinary and medical receipts
18--
Pages 1-129 contain culinary receipts; pages 130-137 contain medical receipts; (pp.9-14; 23-24; 28-30; 42-44; 56-58; 68-70; 75-78;91-108; 119-129; 138-148 are blank)
Archive File:
MS 1694
Recipe book for the large scale production of cordials.
1764-1778
Contains 54 manuscript recipes for the large scale production of cordials, dated between 1764 and 1778. They include one for producing 30 gallons of Wormwood cordial, and others for rectifying molasse...
Archive File:
MS 37
Catalogue of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
c.1930
Black octavo note-book, lettered: Where is it?
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MS 38
Catalogue of French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
c.1920
Black octavo note-book, with several blank leaves and a short index
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MS 39
Abridged catalogue entries of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
c.1920
Brown octavo note-book with thumb index
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MS 40
Catalogue entries of cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin on British Museum Reading Room tickets
c.1915
Cardboard cover: entries tied together with string
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MS 41
Catalogue entries of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
c.1930
On long slips of paper cut from foolscap sheet
Archive File:
MS 411
Cookery book compiled ca.1914 by Magdalen (Lena) Fraser Bennet and Alice Agnes Dean Bennet, of Ibrox, Glasgow
c.1914
Mainly in pencil; loosely sewn into a limp cloth wrapper originally part of a different volume and bearing in gold stamp 'The Scottish Temperance League Register 1914'; partially paginated (f.1r = p.3...
Archive File:
MS 42
Catalogue entries of foreign cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin
c.1930
Austrian and Swiss cookery books are included in the list