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The book of receits I writ with my one hand & aproved by me July 31 1697 (MS B.50).

Accession number
MS B.50
Object title
The book of receits I writ with my one hand & aproved by me July 31 1697 (MS B.50).
Created
England, July 31, 1697
Binding
Original calf.
Credit line
Gift of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Description
151 leaves (1 column, varying number of lines), bound : paper ; 183 x 150 mm
Provenance
Mrs. Jacob Sawbridge; E.H.W. Meyerstein; purchased by Curt F. Bühler in Jan. 1954 from Raphael King, London (cat. 57, no. 62).
Notes
Ms. cookery book, containing 243 numbered and indexed recipes; written in England, and dated July 31, 1697.
Scribe: written by the cook, who signs herself: O.A.
Script
cursive
Language
English
Century
Classification