Research Catalog

Title

An entire new treatise upon the art of cookery : containing many new and valuable receipts in that much admired science / by Mary Jones of Exeter, MDCCLXXXVII.

Author

Jones, Mary, of Exeter.

Publication

1787-1867 [and later?]

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Details

Description

1 volume (122 manuscript or printed pages; 68 total leaves); 20 cm

Summary

Reversed calf-bound notebook, rebacked, with "MS." stamped in gilt on the spine, black spine rules. Contains manuscirpt recipes in divers hands, some signed and dated, written over a period of at least eighty years. The earliest entries are apparently from around 1787, the date written on the title page. The latest date recorded is February 18, 1867; some undated entries could possibly date into the early 20th century. With an alphabetcal index at the front. Most of the recipies are culinary ("To cure a Ham"; "To Pickle Oisters"; "Sheep's Head Soup"); others are medical or household oriented ("Salve for chilblains"; "Snail milk or Broth; "Waterproof for books and shoes"). Two printed handbill advertisements are tipped in near the end of the volume: for "The Real Constitution Water," prepared and sold by Frederick Richards, Camp Hill Cottage, Henley in Arden, Warwickshire (1854); and for the "Oriental Depot," 38, Leicester Square [London], mid-19th century, giving directions on how "to curry 2 lbs. of meat" and "for a dish of rice."

Subjects

• Medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
• Recipes
• Formulas, recipes, etc
• Cooking, British

Genre/Form

Recipes.

Note

• Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4539).
• Title transcribed from manuscript title page, to which a later hand has added in ink: "Alias, A never failing receipt for procuring a good husband; tryed and approved by the undersigned: D. Drewe, M. Way, E.S. Band (and in all probability) Mary Jones." A still later hand has added notes in pencil indicating with parentheses that D. Drewe is "Miss Miles"; M. Way is "Rose" and Mary Jones is "Miss Snow."

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Mary Jones of Exeter and the other people named in the notebook remain unidentified.

Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS (Jones, M. Entire new treatise upon the art of cookery)

OCLC

1241209955

Author

Jones, Mary, of Exeter.

Title

An entire new treatise upon the art of cookery : containing many new and valuable receipts in that much admired science / by Mary Jones of Exeter, MDCCLXXXVII.

Production

1787-1867 [and later?]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Mary Jones of Exeter and the other people named in the notebook remain unidentified.

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Research Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS (Jones, M. Entire new treatise upon the art of cookery)