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Book/Printed Material [Manuscript cookery book]

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Title

  • [Manuscript cookery book]

Names

  • Mott, Mary, active 17th century
  • Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1679.

Headings

  • -  Cooking, English--Early works to 1800
  • -  Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, English--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Holograph, with 2 pages in another hand.
  • -  Untitled; title from Bitting.
  • -  Gift of A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939 (Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy. Manuscript cookery book no. 5).
  • -  Includes home remedies, in addition to the cookery recipes. The section of home remedies (43 p.) begins at the end of the book, the book being turned head-to-toe, and runs toward the middle; 112 blank pages separate the two sections of the book.
  • -  Inscription on flyleaf of home-remedies section: This book to be given to Mr. George Abbey at my death. Mary Kerr, 30th May 1825.
  • -  Probably written in Great Britain.
  • -  Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 333
  • -  Cataloged as manuscript. vj03 11-23-88
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-02-27 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 56, 43 p., bound ; 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX705 .M56 1679

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88209526

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Mott, Mary, Active 17Th Century, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. Manuscript Cookery Book. 1679. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88209526/.

APA citation style:

Mott, M. & Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. (1679) Manuscript Cookery Book. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88209526/.

MLA citation style:

Mott, Mary, Active 17Th Century, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. Manuscript Cookery Book. 1679. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/88209526/>.