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medicine23
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Salmon, William (1644-1713)6
Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565)3
Ruscelli, Girolamo3
Ward, William3
Alessio Piemontese3
Ward, William (1534-1609)3
Kettilby, Mary2
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Carlin, William (1780-1870)1
Hodgkin, John (Bibliographer)1

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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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Cookery book
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Cookery book

c.1847

A collection of cookery and medicinal recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

A collection of cookery and medicinal recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

A collection of recipes, mainly medical

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A book of culinary and medicinal recipes in various hands
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A book of culinary and medicinal recipes in various hands

17--

Original pagination to the end of the text only; pp.81-2 missing and a hiatus in the text. Thumb index, ff.1-5, extended from front fly-leaf; ff.54 to end, blank. Dated 1769 on f.35r. Signatures: 'Mar...

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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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Cookery book
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Cookery book

1825

A collection of cookery recipes, notes on household management, and medical remedies

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

c.1850

Contents at one end comprise a collection of cookery recipes (pp.1-137) preceded by an index. At the other endm inverted, is a collection of medicinal and household recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

A collection of cookery and medicinal recipes in various hands, and, at the other end of the book, inverted, a collection of receipts and accounts

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The seconde part of the Secretes of Maister Alexis of Piemont: by hym collected out of diuers excellent authors, and nevvly translated out of Frenche into Englishe. With a generall table of all matters contained in the saied booke. By Willyam Warde

Alessio Piemontese; Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565); Ward, William (1534-1609)

[1580]

A translation of part 2 of a French version of: De' secreti del R.D. Alessio Piemontese. Mostly in black letter. Publication date from STC. N. England's device is on the title-page and J. Wight'...

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The third and last part of the Secretes of the reuerend Maister Alexis of Piemont : by him collected out of diuers excellent authors, with a necessary table in the ende, conteyning all the matters treated of in this present worke. Englished by William Ward

Alessio Piemontese; Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565); Ward, William (1534-1609)

1578

A translation of part 3 of a French version of: De' secreti del R.D. Alessio Piemontese. Mostly in black letter. With device of J. Wight on title-page. With nine final contents leaves. Signatu...

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The Secretes of the reuerend Maister Alexis of Piemont : containyng excellente remedies against diuerse diseases, woundes, and other accidentes, with the maner to make distillations, parfumes, confitures, diynges, colours, fusions, and meltynges. Newlie corrected and amended, and also somewhat more enlarged in certaine places, whiche wanted in the firste edition

Alessio Piemontese; Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565); Ward, William (1534-1609)

anno Domini 1580

Written originally in Italian and first published in 1555 (?). The first English edition appeared in 1558, printed by J. Kingston for N. England, whose device (McKerrow 138) is retained on the title-p...

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