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HOUSEHOLD MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK 1851, Manuscript on paper dated on front page Midsummer 1851.
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HOUSEHOLD MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK 1851
Manuscript on paper dated on front page Midsummer 1851.
A collection of remedies, culinary, and of household recipes, [19] l., in a copperplate handwriting many with the name & date of the person given the recipe. Most of the book 1851 - 1855 a few pages at end later, and in a different hand [? ca 1880] some signed, one by Mrs Waffern, Christchurch. Some loosely enclosed on slips of paper. 235 x 190mm, leather spine with patterned paper on limp card. In a protective paper cover, 2 leaves detached else VG.
Manuscript on paper dated on front page Midsummer 1851.
A collection of remedies, culinary, and of household recipes, [19] l., in a copperplate handwriting many with the name & date of the person given the recipe. Most of the book 1851 - 1855 a few pages at end later, and in a different hand [? ca 1880] some signed, one by Mrs Waffern, Christchurch. Some loosely enclosed on slips of paper. 235 x 190mm, leather spine with patterned paper on limp card. In a protective paper cover, 2 leaves detached else VG.
