COOKERY Manuscript cook book in English Circa 1700 [with l

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(COOKERY.) Manuscript cook book in English, written in cursive hand in brown ink on laid paper watermarked with arms of London above monogram ESB and countermark monogram PL (except for first 8 leaves watermarked with lion ("Vryheyt") emblem and countermark crowned monogram GR). 144 leaves. 295x188 mm, contemporary vellum with "Henry Andrewes" lettered in ink on front cover, binding soiled, front joint cracked at top; upper half of one leaf excised. England, circa 1700? [with later additions]

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Compilation of over 300 recipes for preserves, pastries and sweets, beverages, wines, puddings, pies, soups, meats and fowl, custards, fish, and pickles, written mainly on recto only, with over 130 further recipes and home remedies added in multiple later hands on the verso of approximately 50 leaves. The manuscript concludes with several pages of suggested menus and 2 full-page hand-drawn diagrams of table settings.