
THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 34•
[KETTILBY (MARY)] A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, FIRST EDITION, Richard Wilkin, 1714
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
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[KETTILBY (MARY)]
A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the Use of All Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses. By Several Hands, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, half-title, some browning throughout, occasional old stains, modern panelled calf, spine gilt with morocco label [ESTC T53670; Maclean p.79; Oxford p.54], 8vo (190 x 120mm.), Richard Wilkin, 1714
Footnotes
First edition of this compilation of recipes by Mary Kettilby, featuring the first printed recipe for orange marmalade (a smooth version, "'twill be a lasting wholsome Sweet-meat for any use"), and early versions of plum and suet puddings. Maclean notes that this edition was published in two volumes but has a single title-page and continuous pagination.