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Manuscript recipe book.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- Attractively written culinary, medicinal, and household collection
- ink on paper
providing recipes for preserves, pickles ("...To pickle Ham's Westphalia way..."), and desserts, remedies from "A Drink for the Ricketts" to "Paracelsus's Weapon Salve ("...Take the Moss of a dead mans scull..."), and household preparations from lip salve to "Irish Usquebah [whiskey]"
88 pages, plus blanks, comprising 50 pages of recipes, 3 pages of additional recipes in a later hand, 28 pages of medical prescriptions, and a contemprary index, carefully written in a single mid-eighteenth century hand, ruled in red and with faint pencil guide-lines, text on rectos only except for later additions, folio (372 x 242mm.), mid-18th century, gilt-tooled green-stained vellum boards in a modern slip-case, portions of three leaves cut away, some light spotting, boards scuffed
88 pages, plus blanks, comprising 50 pages of recipes, 3 pages of additional recipes in a later hand, 28 pages of medical prescriptions, and a contemprary index, carefully written in a single mid-eighteenth century hand, ruled in red and with faint pencil guide-lines, text on rectos only except for later additions, folio (372 x 242mm.), mid-18th century, gilt-tooled green-stained vellum boards in a modern slip-case, portions of three leaves cut away, some light spotting, boards scuffed
Provenance
"Miss E. S. James Receipt Book" (ownership inscription); Dr Robert James (armorial bookplate)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."