[Recipe book]

Contributor:

Hinde, Anne, 19th century (former owner)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1770

Description:

Collection of 156 numbered recipes, most with named sources. Two frequent sources are Mrs. Morland (Dorothy Morland, 1740-1823) of Capplethwaite Hall (Yorkshire) and Mrs. Morland of Court Lodge (Kent). Mrs. Matson and Mrs. Wilson, also cited as sources, are women from two families to whom the Morlands were related by marriage. Two recipes are from printed sources, an unidentified magazine (f. 13v) and newspaper (f. 73v). Few of the recipes are attributed to aristocratic households, although the ingredients called for and the variety of preparations suggest relative affluence. The recipes cover a wide range of dishes, including meats, fish, shellfish, savory and sweet puddings, other desserts, and wines. A brief section at the end contains a small number of additional recipes, mostly for household and medical preparations (f. 73-75, with at least one leaf missing both before and after f. 73). A recipe for lettuce soup written on a loose sheet is laid inside the lower cover.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Anne Hinde (inscription dated 1832, inside front cover; one of the recipe sources is a Mrs. Hinde, f. 31r).; Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Hanworth, England), catalog 19 (2014), number 21.

Relation:

The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Cookbooks; Recipes; Prescriptions; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

83 leaves : paper; 200 x 160 mm bound to 205 x 165 mm + 1 note

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 83; [1-83] (39-72, 76-83 blank), modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) quarter sheep with comb-marbled paper covers; loss of leather along spine (Gedge).; Origin: Written in England, circa 1770 (Gedge).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1727

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund