Recipe book containing medicinal and culinary recipes in various hands, once in the possession of Gertrude Holcroft
Recipe book
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 687
- Dates of Creationca.1651-1700
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 vol. (68 ff.) plus extracted loose papers (8 ff.) in 1 envelope Text inverted from f. 37 to end; ff. 27v-36v blank.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The compiler of the recipe book is unknown
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Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Bloomsbury Book Auctions, sale no. 15, 7 March 1984, lot 126
Note
In English
Additional Information
Ownership by Gertrude Holcroft noted on end paste-down; signature of Sir William Hall Croft [sic] dated 1669 on f.38v; note on f.68r, "Mr. Matthias his receipts". Gertrude Holcroft (d.1674 and buried at Walthamstow, Essex) was the wife of Sir William (ca.1618-1689)