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Total number of records: 9948

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Books and printed items9758
Archives187
Objects3

Count of Collection group

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Cookery Collection9948
Brotherton Collection52
Incunabula1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
cooking1378
cooking, english1065
home economics464
cooking, french384
food384
gastronomy235
wine and wine making196
recipes195
cooking, british176
menus169

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Great Britain53
England35
France29
London (England)18
Ireland12
Paris (France)10
Italy9
Rome8
Europe6
Greece4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Heath, Ambrose (1891-1969)92
Good Housekeeping Institute (Great Britain)85
Simon, Andre Louis (1877-1970)81
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)78
Sainsbury'S (Firm)71
Great Britain61
Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770)59
Patten, Marguerite55
British Broadcasting Corporation47
Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865)46

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From 1600240
From 1700653
From 18001446
From 19006852
From 2000420

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Chaston Chapman Brewing

Mr Chaston Chapman collected works for two libraries; his working library, based at his laboratory in London, and a private, historical collection. Subjects include brewing and the brewing industry, w...

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Domestic economy (v.1)

Donovan, Michael (1876)

1830-1837

With additional engraved title-page. Contents: v. 1. Brewing, distilling, wine-making, baking &c. -- v. 2. Animal and vegetable ailments used by the various nations of the world, and the processes t...

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The anatomy of drunkenness
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The anatomy of drunkenness

Macnish, Robert (1802-1837)

1840

Eighth thousand.

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The history and the science of drunkenness
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Origin and history of beer and brewing : from prehistoric times to the beginning of brewing science and technology; a critical essay
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The whisky distilleries of the United Kingdom
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Treatises on brewing
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Treatises on brewing

Baverstock, James (1741-1815); Baverstock, J H (1785?-1837)

1824

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The curiosities of ale & beer : an entertaining history (Illustrated with over fifty quaint cuts)

Bickerdyke, John (1858-1933); Fennel, John Greville; J. M. D

1965

Facsimile reprint; originally published, London: Field & Teur, [1886].

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