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Hodgkin, John (Bibliographer)11
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)8
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Dudley, Georgiana Elizabeth Ward Countess of4
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Smith, E (1732)4
Raffald, Elizabeth (1733-1781)3
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Catalogue entries of foreign cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue entries of foreign cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

Austrian and Swiss cookery books are included in the list

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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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Recipe book compiled by various hands from various sources, 1778-1809
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Recipe book compiled by various hands from various sources, 1778-1809

1778-1809

Private sources of recipes include many in the Knaresborough area; published sources include several Yorkshire newspapers

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A commonplace book once in the possession of the Farside family

Farside Family

c.1785-1809

Contains (1) transcripts of legal documents originally dated 1764-1771, and (2) miscellaneous veterinary, medical and household recipes, mainly of Yorkshire origin, ca.1785-1809.

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Notes on old cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1925

The main manuscript contains five chapters devoted to old cookery books of particular interest, as follows: (1) ff.4-16: Ann Wallis: 1673; (2) ff.17-37: Mrs Windham: 1710; (3) ff. 38-60: Captain Thoma...

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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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An anonymous recipe book, including some recipes from Surrey and Yorkshire
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An anonymous recipe book, including some recipes from Surrey and Yorkshire

c.1800

Also known as:Recipe book Sources of recipes include: Mrs Page of Streatham and Sheen (ff.6r, 7v, 12r, 15r, and 17v); Mrs Brooksbank of Yorkshire and 'Healaugh' [presumably Philippa Brooksbank (d.184...

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Various culinary receipts compiled by Dorothy Darby
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Various culinary receipts compiled by Dorothy Darby

Darby, Dorothy

c.1800

Watermark, 'R. Glover 1798', ff. 1 and 2. Inscriptions: front paste-down, 'Dorothy Darby's Cyphering Book'; back paste-down, 'Dorothy Darby, Hadley Green, near Barnet, Middlesex'. Folios bearing her '...

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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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Recipe book compiled by Isabella Fenwick
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Recipe book compiled by Isabella Fenwick

Fenwick, Isabella (1699-1745)

c.1716

Inscription on f.36v, 'Isabella Fenwicks Booke May the 29 1716'. Conjugate leaf to f.3 missing. Inserted in pocket at end modern correspondence and notes about the item (1952-3), 5 ff.

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