Autograph manuscript, on paper, containing 72 pages of medical, chemical and household recipes and formulas. Contents include many medical recipes, such as traditional herbal washes, broths, salves, oils and pills for specific ailments, including bald...
Description:
Robert Paston, first Earl of Yarmouth (1631-1683), English politician, collector of art, books, and curios, and scientist. One of the Original Fellows of the Royal Society, he conducted alchemical experiments with Thomas Henshaw and studied the medica...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Paracelsus, 1493-1541 and Yarmouth, Robert Paston, Earl of, 1631-1683.
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Alchemy, Chemistry, Cooking, English, Health, Iatrophysical school, Medicine, Medicine, Popular, Recipes, Traditional medicine, Workshop recipes, Early works to 1800, and Intellectual life
Autograph manuscript recipe book, in the hands of Elizabeth M. and Harriet Manning, containing over 100 cookery recipes for dishes including puddings, custards, cakes, breads, biscuits, buns, and creams; a few meat and fish dishes including eel soup a...
Manuscript recipe book, in two or three hands, containing approximately 180 cookery recipes, including instructions for various pickles, sauces and preserves; for stewing, roasting and baking meat, poultry and fish; and for numerous cakes and biscuits...
