Medicinal, household and cookery receipts [manuscript], 17th-18th centuries.

Medicinal, household and cookery receipts [manuscript], 17th-18th centuries.

150 leaves ; 21 x 16 cm

Source of some receipts noted including, "Culpepers dispensatory Powder for the woorms," "My Lady Doyls Receipt for Orrang Jomball's," "Mrs Bamfields Receipt for A Rupture," "A Choice Receipt for A Consumption ... from D: Mrs Parrott." Also includes receipts for red, blue, green and yellow inks (p. 113-114), receipts for preserving fruit such as cherries and apricots (p. 28), and "To pickle Gilleflowers" (p. 111).

Part 1: 133, [23] p.; Part 2 (beginning from rear of volume): 72 leaves (mostly blank). Also one contemporary loose leaf with additional recipes housed with volume.

In several hands.

Title devised by cataloger.

The housewife's rich cabinet : remedies, recipes, and helpful hints / Jean Miller, Francie Owens, Rachel Doggett ; with an introduction by Heloise. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997, p. 111-112.

Formerly Folger MS Add 778.

Acquired from Myers, November 16, 1981.

Exhibited: Housewife's Rich Cabinet: Remedies, Recipes, & Helpful Hints, curated by Rachel Doggett, Jean Miller, & Francie Owens, Folger Shakespeare Library, August 27, 1997-January 31, 1998.

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V.a.563

MS Add 778