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Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)31
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Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865)11
Bradley, Martha10
Philp, Robert Kemp (1819-1882)9
Hodgkin, John (Bibliographer)9
Markham, Gervase (1568?-1637)8
Copley, Esther7
Davidson, H C6

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Catalogue of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

Black octavo note-book, lettered: Where is it?

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Catalogue of French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue of French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1920

Black octavo note-book, with several blank leaves and a short index

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Abridged catalogue entries of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue entries of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue entries of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

On long slips of paper cut from foolscap sheet

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Cookery book compiled ca.1914 by Magdalen (Lena) Fraser Bennet and Alice Agnes Dean Bennet, of Ibrox, Glasgow
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Cookery book compiled ca.1914 by Magdalen (Lena) Fraser Bennet and Alice Agnes Dean Bennet, of Ibrox, Glasgow

Bennet, Magdalen Fraser (1875-1962)

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...

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Account book of domestic expenditure, mainly on foodstuffs, 1752-1755
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Account book of domestic expenditure, mainly on foodstuffs, 1752-1755

1752-1755

Ff.135-141 are sewn in loosely at the end, the stub of the former f.142 being visible

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Catalogue entries of cookery and housekeeping books in all languages, commencing with Latin, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue entries of cookery and housekeeping books in all languages, commencing with Latin, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

On long slips of paper cut from foolscap sheet and held together with string

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Commonplace book containing culinary recipes and various household directions, in various hands, commenced by Jane Bolt in 1694 and completed by M.P. Gutch in 1841

Bolt, Jane

1694-1841

Text from f.33v to end inverted; signature of M.P. Gutch on f.1r; signatures of Jane Bolt on ff.1r and 2r; recipes dated 1840 on ff.1v and 2v and dated 1841 on ff.96r and v

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Liberal living for men of limited means, by a Miserly Old Bachelor
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Liberal living for men of limited means, by a Miserly Old Bachelor

Miserly Old Bachelor

c.1876

A scrapbook of press-cuttings containing culinary recipes and household hints, interspersed with further recipes in manuscript and preceded by an essay on eating houses in London and notes on kitchen ...

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An anonymous eighteenth-century recipe book containing culinary, medical and household recipes
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An anonymous eighteenth-century recipe book containing culinary, medical and household recipes

17--

The book begins '[index] Almond'. Recipes are ascribed to 'Mrs. Gorden' (p.10), 'Raffald' (p.45), 'Miss Hall' (p.48), 'Mrs. Masterson' (p.198) and 'Mr. Webb' (p.226).

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