Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229

Sale 2229 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(COOKERY.) [Recipe book.] Manuscript in English, written in ledger book in cursive script in brown ink on laid paper with Britannia watermark dated 1799 and royal cipher countermark. [102] leaves, the last 19 blank, with later recipe slips in various hands mounted on blanks. Folio, 318x198 mm, contemporary vellum, rebacked with reversed sheep; occasional soiling and minor stains, lower portion excised from one leaf toward beginning, final blank partly adhered to rear pastedown. England, circa 1799, with later additions

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Over 450 recipes, predominantly for baked goods, puddings, preserves, and miscellaneous desserts.