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Total number of records: 110

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recipes110
cooking, english51
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home economics39
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Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)9
Salmon, William (1644-1713)6
Harrison, Sarah (1777-)5
Smith, E (1732)4
Radcliffe, M4
Hughson, David (1813)3
Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770)3
Eaton, Mary3
Macdonald, Duncan (1800-)3
Raffald, Elizabeth (1733-1781)3

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Archive Print Item:
Bedford Collection A073
The laboratory; or, school of arts: in which are faithfully exhibited, and fully explain'd, I. A variety of curious and valuable experiments in refining, calcining, melting, assaying, Casting, Allaying, and Toughening of gold; with several other Curiosities relating to Gold and Silver. II. Choice secrets for jewellers in the Management of Gold; in Enamelling, and the Preparation of Enamel Colours, with the Art of Copying precious Stones; of preparing Colours for Doublets; of Colouring Foyles for Jewels, together with other rare Secrets. III. Several uncommon experiments for Casting in Silver, Copper, Brass, Tin, Steel, and other Metals: Likewise in Wax, Plaister of Paris, Wood, Horn, &c. With the Management of the respective Moulds. IV. The Art of making Glass: Exhibiting withal the Art of Painting and making Impressions upon Glass, and of laying thereon Gold or Silver; together with the Method of preparing the Colours for Potters Work, or Delf-Ware. V. A Collection of very valuable Secrets, for the Use of Cutlers, Pewterers, Brasiers, Joiners, Turners, Japanners, Book-Binders, Distillers, Lapidaries, Limners, &c. together with the Art of Marbling Books or Paper. VI. A Dissertation on the Nature and Growth of Salt-Petre: Also, Several other choice and uncommon Chymical Experiments. Vii. The Art of preparing Rockets, Crackers, Fire-Globes, Stars, Sparks, &c. for Recreative Fire-Works. Viii. The Art and Management of Dying Silks, Worsteds, Cottons, &c. in various Colours. Compiled from German, and other foreign authors. Illustrated with copper plates. By G. Smith. The third edition, with additions of a great number of valuable receipts; particularly, a short, plain, and easy introduction to the art of drawing in perspective

Smith, Godfrey; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Lycett, K S

1750
With an index. Plates by G Smith and Hulett. A second volume was published in 1756.
Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 102
Commonplace book containing draft legal warrants, culinary and medical recipes, mathematical notes, moral precepts, and English verse from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
c.1650-1730
Contains, from one end, 'tables of the names of all the warrants contained in this booke made 1658', followed by a book of recipes, and, from the other end, an 'enumeration table' of various mathemati...
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BC MS Lt 117
Commonplace book containing recipes, original and copied poems, newspaper cuttings, and a child's drawings.
c.1720-1830
Contains: (1) 65 recipes written on 26 pages during the early part of the eighteenth century, from about 1720 onwards, for making large quantities of cordials, probably for the use of a large househol...
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Early Science 2 1653/PLA
The jewel house of art and nature : containing divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the art of husbandry. With divers chimical conclusions concerning the art of distillation, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully and familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience

Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?); Boot, Arnold de (1606-1653)

1653
The authorship of the "Discourse of several sorts of stones," by D.B. (p. 217-232) and the editorship of the entire work is attributed to Arnold de Boot. Cf. DNB.
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Manuscripts MS 1666
An anonymous mid-nineteenth century recipe book, in several hands

Swainson family

1868-1887
The writers of the recipe book are unknown. Leather-bound ruled exercise book, with pages numbered 1-150 in a contemporary hand, with occasional blank pages and pp.114-158 blank; some loose inserts....
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Early Science 3 1725/NEV
Arts improvement : or, choice experiments and observations in building, husbandry, gardening, mechanicks, chymistry, painting, japanning, varnishing,... And in other arts and sciences profitable and pleasant. Extracted from the most celebrated authors in several languages

Neve, Richard (1764)

1725
Author of The builders dictionary = Richard Neve. Page 93 misnumbered 92.
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BC 19c Bronte 6/BRO/R
The new family receipt book : containing one thousand truly valuable receipts in various branches of domestic economy

Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)

1824
Anon., by M.E.K. Rundell.
Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 25
Commonplace book of English and Latin verse and prose
c.1610-1620
Comprises Latin verses on ff.1v-6r, 9r-v; English verses on ff.6v-8r. Other contents: f.1, More to Henry VIII; f.32v,seven-point argument in English; ff.33-47, business, travel and custom-house and ce...
Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 43
Poetical commonplace book, compiled by Henry Fairfax
1679-1682
Many references to Yorkshire localities, e.g. Denton, Tadcaster, Otley, Kettlewell, York. As well as poetry there is much in prose, including recipes. References to writer's brother B. and sister S.
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BC MS Lt q 9
Commonplace book compiled by Jo. Tempest
c.1640-1650
Contains 36 pieces of English verse, five being signed or initialled by Tempest; a few pieces of Latin verse; London sermons etc. from various sources; three extracts from speeches before parliament f...
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BC MS Lt 96
Commonplace book of poetry and prose in English and Latin, written amongst a collection of medical recipes.
c.1710-1750
Contains 64 English poems, mainly eighteenth-century and satirical, or religious, together with Latin poetry and prose, some medical recipes, and a few stanzas of classical Greek poetry at the end.
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Cookery A/PLA
The jewel house of art and nature : containing divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the art of husbandry. With divers chimical conclusions concerning the art of distillation, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully and familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience

Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?); Boot, Arnold de (1606-1653)

1653
The authorship of the "Discourse of several sorts of stones," by D.B. (p. 217-232) and the editorship of the entire work is attributed to Arnold de Boot. Cf. DNB.