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Salmon, William (1644-1713)6
Harrison, Sarah (1777-)5
Smith, E (1732)5
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The Queens closet opened : being incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying and cookery. After the newest mode now practised in England, by the most experienc'd persons of the times

W. M

1710

In two parts, the first part with caption title: The queen's closet opened: or, The pearl of practice. Accurate, physical, and chirurgical receipts; the second part with special t.p.: A queen's deligh...

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The Queens closet opened : being incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying and cookery. After the newest mode now practised in England, by the most experienc'd persons of the times

W. M

1710

In two parts, the first part with caption title: The queen's closet opened: or, The pearl of practice. Accurate, physical, and chirurgical receipts; the second part with special t.p.: A queen's deligh...

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Recipe book compiled by various hands from various sources, 1778-1809
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Recipe book compiled by various hands from various sources, 1778-1809

1778-1809

Private sources of recipes include many in the Knaresborough area; published sources include several Yorkshire newspapers

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The seconde part of the Secretes of Maister Alexis of Piemont: by hym collected out of diuers excellent authors, and nevvly translated out of Frenche into Englishe. With a generall table of all matters contained in the saied booke. By Willyam Warde

Alessio Piemontese; Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565); Ward, William (1534-1609)

[1580]

A translation of part 2 of a French version of: De' secreti del R.D. Alessio Piemontese. Mostly in black letter. Publication date from STC. N. England's device is on the title-page and J. Wight'...

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The third and last part of the Secretes of the reuerend Maister Alexis of Piemont : by him collected out of diuers excellent authors, with a necessary table in the ende, conteyning all the matters treated of in this present worke. Englished by William Ward

Alessio Piemontese; Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565); Ward, William (1534-1609)

1578

A translation of part 3 of a French version of: De' secreti del R.D. Alessio Piemontese. Mostly in black letter. With device of J. Wight on title-page. With nine final contents leaves. Signatu...

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The Secretes of the reuerend Maister Alexis of Piemont : containyng excellente remedies against diuerse diseases, woundes, and other accidentes, with the maner to make distillations, parfumes, confitures, diynges, colours, fusions, and meltynges. Newlie corrected and amended, and also somewhat more enlarged in certaine places, whiche wanted in the firste edition

Alessio Piemontese; Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565); Ward, William (1534-1609)

anno Domini 1580

Written originally in Italian and first published in 1555 (?). The first English edition appeared in 1558, printed by J. Kingston for N. England, whose device (McKerrow 138) is retained on the title-p...

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An anonymous mid-nineteenth century recipe book, in several hands
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An anonymous mid-nineteenth century recipe book, in several hands

Swainson family

1868-1887

The writers of the recipe book are unknown. Leather-bound ruled exercise book, with pages numbered 1-150 in a contemporary hand, with occasional blank pages and pp.114-158 blank; some loose inserts....

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A cookery book mainly compiled by Mary Wyld

Wyld, Mary

c.1797

Cookery book, with the sources of some of the recipes noted

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