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Title

Recipe book

Call number

Ms. Codex 780
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2704933
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2704933

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

1739-1741

Place

England

Summary

English cookery with medical recipes in one section, written back to front. Culinary recipes for fish, hare, fowl, beef, ham, soups, stews, cheeses, custards, puddings, cakes, preserves, wine, beer, etc. Most recipes are attributed to individuals including Mr. Halsey, Mr. Loyd, Mrs. Shorthose, Mr. Whettenhall, Mrs. Broderepp, Mr. Bouvere, Mr. Penfold, Mr. Henry Caverley, Sir William Trogden, Mr. Andrew Wattenburg, Sir Robert Austin, Lady Lucy Bright, Lady Carberry, Lady Onslow, Lady Westmoreland, Sir John Stanley, Cousin Hopton, and others. Culinary recipes are numbered 1-166 and listed in a table of contents, (f. 1r-4v). At least 6 leaves have been cut out: recipes 3-4; 7-8; 59-62; 67-68; and 147-148 are missing. Medical recipes comprise 1/3 of volume and include remedies for cough, fevers, ague, whooping cough, cancer, dropsy, consumption, gout, corns, preventing miscarriage, and several for the bite of a mad dog; some are attributed to Sir John Colbatch.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

130 leaves : 195 x 153 mm. bound to 200 x 156 mm

Foliation

Paper, 130; [1-130]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment.

Script

Written in various cursive scripts by five or more hands.

Provenance

• Former owners include: James given to his grandmother Mrs. Baker & Lady Gainsborough (inscription, inside upper cover); WOB or GOM (20th century bookplate, inside lower cover).
   
• Sold by Philadelphia Rare Books, 1999.
   

Subjects topical

• Cooking, English--Early works to 1800
• Herbs--Therapeutic use--England--18th century
• Traditional medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

Genres

• Codices
• Cookbooks
• Recipes
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Table of contents, f. 1r

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Owner note, Inside front cover
• Inside back cover — Bookplate, Inside back cover