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sermons1
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Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?)2
W. M2
Philiatros1
Salmon, William (1644-1713)1
Lister, Dame Mary (1625-1635)1
King James I (1566-1625)1
Bellasis, Grace1
Boot, Arnold De1
Boot, Arnold De (1606-1653)1
Emery, Antoine D'1
Recipes for cookery and household remedies
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Recipes for cookery and household remedies

16--

Contemporary pagination (irregular) 3-4, 10-11, 19-20, 23-48, 51-68, 69-71, 76-99, 104-109, 112-115, 122-127, 130-143, 148-167, 170-180. Commencing from the other end, modern ink pagination (irregular...

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Book containing late seventeenth century culinary and medical recipes
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Book containing late seventeenth century culinary and medical recipes

ca.1690

In 3 different hands. Bound in leather, with modern pencilled foliation

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French cookery book
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French cookery book

16--

Two pages of French verse, followed by 15 pages of recipes apparently in unrhymed verse

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Recipe book known as 'Dame Mary Lister's household book'
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Recipe book known as 'Dame Mary Lister's household book'

Lister, Dame Mary (1625-1635)

16--

Anonymous recipe book, known as 'Dame Mary Lister's household book', containing culinary and medical recipes, household inventories and religious notes, in various hands. Includes: (1) inventories an...

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Regulations for the household of James I
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Regulations for the household of James I

1616

List of foods and instructions for their preparation

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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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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying, and cookery, as they were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof were honoured with her own practise, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations

W. M

1658

"The approvers names": prelim. p. [7]-[10]. The work consists of 3 parts: 1. The Queen's cabinet opened: or, the pearle of practice; accurate, physical, and chyrurgical receipts. -- 2. A Queens deli...

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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying, &c., which were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem, when she pleased to descend to private recreations

W. M

1674

Includes "tables" [i.e. indexes]. Letter to the reader signed W.M. In three parts: part I has caption title: The Queen's cabinet opened, or, The pearl of practice. Part II has special t.p. and sep...

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