Scope and Contents: More complete cataloging can be found at: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441471867
Arranged in 2 sections, the first containing chiefly home remedies, the second chiefly edible dishes; each section has separate pagination and index.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Note regarding a lease, dated 1669, inscribed in ink on inside front board.
Script: Each of the 2 sections is written in a different British secretary hand (the second more cursive than the first), though each section contains additions in a few different hands.
Binding: Contemporary gold- and blind-filleted sheepskin; floral device gold-stamped in center of each board.
Origin: Recipe on fol. 29r dated 1634; "January" inscribed in ink on fol. 31v. Purchased in 1918 from the collection of James Collins, Drumcondra, Ireland.
Former shelf-mark: Q. 641.5 M319 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
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