[Recipe book]; [manuscript] /; Catharine Cotton.
- Title:
- [Recipe book] [manuscript] / Catharine Cotton.
- Abstract:
- Recipe book containing cooking and medical recipes in several hands. Several recipes are attributed to others, for example, to "Lady Morgen, "Lady Dolben," and "Mrs. Anne Sheldon." A medical prescription and recipe for "A sovereign remedy for bile" is signed "Dr. Josep Allen" (f. 7v with book reversed). Near the end in a section of blank pages is a satirical poem entitled "A receipt how to make a right Presbyterian in two days" (f. 15r with book reversed).
- Format:
- 105 leaves : paper; 200 x 158 mm. bound to 205 x 161 mm.
- Identifier:
- (OCoLC)ocn155971785; (OCoLC)155971785; (CStRLIN)PAUR97-A1963; (PU)2362773-penndb-Voyager
- Provenance:
- Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1994.
- Publisher:
- [England], 1698.
- Subject:
- Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800.; Traditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Manuscripts, English; 17th century.; Manuscripts, European.
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Personal Name:
- Allen, Josep.
- Call Number:
- Ms. Codex 214
- Collection:
- Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts