Cookery book of Lettis Vesey [manuscript], ca. 1725.
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Cookery book of Lettis Vesey [manuscript], ca. 1725.
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1 v.
Scope and content
466 numbered recipes including some household recipes and at the end bills of fare and two diagrams of a table laid with a first and second course. An entry in another hand after no. 243 states this recipe was presented to "your ladyship" by John Bacon.
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In a reddish brown Sangorski and Sutcliffe goatskin binding with plain boards, single gold and blind-tooled fillets on either side of five raised bands, and gold spine title in 2nd panel: LETTIS VESEYS BOOK
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Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library W.b.456: "Early modern straws; or, quills are not just for writing", The Collation (02 October 2019)
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey description of Folger Shakespeare Library W.b.456
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library W.b.456: "Early modern straws; or, quills are not just for writing", The Collation (02 October 2019)
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Manuscripts (documents)
Cookbooks.
Cookbooks.
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W.b.456