Cookery receipts for sweetmeats and confectionery by mrs. Mary Eales
Cookery receipts for sweetmeats and confectionery by mrs. Mary Eales. 'The Originall Book of Mrd Eells Receytes in Sweetmeates and Confectionary things delivered in consideration of five Guineys and Warranted to be right and perfect by her': a note nearly contemporary. There is a list of the 125 receipts on fol. i.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the first half of the 18th century
Extent
121 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. e. 38, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. e. 38
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19513
Abstract
Cookery receipts for sweetmeats and confectionery by mrs. Mary Eales
Biographical / Historical
Mary Eales (fl. 18th century).
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 33078
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented on April 7, 1902, by mr. S. G. Perceval.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.
Topical
Subject
- Eales | Mary | fl. 18th century (Person)
- Title
- Cookery receipts for sweetmeats and confectionery by mrs. Mary Eales
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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