£1,800
18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK: collection of manuscript cookery receipts assembled by Elizabeth Watson of Rochester, dated 1768 to upper pastedown: circa 170pp neatly filled in a legible hand, containing over 200 recipes for all aspects of culinary activity including homemade wines, puddings, cakes, pickles, preparation of meats, etc: included are Bishop of London's pudding: smutted rabbits: quaking pudding: cold posset; flummery: gooseberry wine and much else. Contemporary vellum binding, named and dated 1772 on upper cover, worn and scuffed, a few outer leaves loose but contents generally sound, 8vo. (1)
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