English Receipt Book. 1780

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[Library Title: Receipt Book. 1780]
Manuscript Location
Library of Congress, Rare Book/Special Collections Reading Room (Jefferson LJ239)
Holding Library Call No.
TX705 .R434 1780 Pennell Coll
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1861
Place of Origin
England
Date of Composition
1780
Description
This English recipe book is titled "Receipt Book, 1780" on its pig skin cover. The book is written in more than one hand, It contains six pages of accounts at the end and 7 loosely inserted recipes. The library record states that the book is "interleaved with purple sheets."