Booke of recepts

Name:

Lawrance, Ann; Esther B. Aresty Collection of Rare Books on the Culinary Arts (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1737

Description:

Recipe book for cooking; a table of contents on the title page.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Provenance: Ex dono J.H. Alx:sur: 53 (on cover, 18th century hand).; Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1994.; Aresty, Esther B., former owner.

Subject:

Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800; Cooking, English

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Cookbooks; Recipes; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

34 leaves : paper; 205 x 163 mm bound to 215 x 168 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title and attribution from title page (f. 1r).; Date from cover: july ye 30th 1737.; Foliation: Paper, 34; [1-34]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. One folio cut out between 11 and 12, lower portion of f. 21 cut off, and several folios cut out at the end.; Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand, with the final two folios in a second hand and a few notes in additional hands.; Binding: Contemporary paper, cover mostly detached.; Origin: Written in England, 30 July 1737 (upper cover).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 629