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A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions; unlock'd and opened, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant houres : Being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of naturall and artificiall conclusions. Whereunto is added variety of recreative fire-works, both for land, aire, and water. Also fire works of service, for sea and shore, very fitting for these warlike times of action. Collected by J.W. a lover of artificiall conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1651
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A precious treasury of twenty rare secrets : Most necessary, pleasant, and profitable for all sorts of people. / Published by Signier Francisco Dickinson an expert operator, and presumed to as good as any the best in all Europe.
Dickinson, FranciscoDate: 1649
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The compleat housewife: or, accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of six hundred of the most approved receipts in cookery / With copper plates curiously engraven for the regular disposition or placing the various dishes and courses. And also bills of fare for every month of the year. To which is added a collection of above two hundred family receipts of medicines. By E---- S---- [i.e. Eliza Smith].
Smith, E. (Eliza), -approximately 1732.Date: 1734
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Delights for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories with beauties, banquets, perfumes, and waters.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608?Date: 1635
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The true way of preserving and candying, and making several sorts of sweet-meats. According to the best and truest manner : Made publick for the benefit of all English ladies and gentlewomen; especially for my scholars.
Date: In the year, MDCXCV. [1695]
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The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemont, by him collected out of diuers excellent authours, with a necessary table in the ende, conteyning all the matters treated of in this present worke. Englished by Wyllyam Warde.
Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565Date: 1562
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Valuable secrets concerning arts and trades ... Containing upwards of one thousand approved receipts relative to arts and trades.
Date: 1775
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The experienced English housekeeper : for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. written purely from practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as housekeeper : consisting of near nine hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print ... [etc.].
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: 1786
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The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets : and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par.
Partridge, John, active 1566-1573Date: 1573
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Delights for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories; with beauties, banquets, perfumes, and waters. Reade, practise, and censure.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608?Date: 1628
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The charitable physitian : with the Charitable apothecary. / VVritten in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire, and physitian regent in Paris: and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented. And now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I.W.
Guybert, Philbert, -1633Date: 1639
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The compleat cook : Expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether, Italian, Spanish, or French, for dressing of flesh, and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry.
Date: 1658
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The accomplish'd ladies delight, in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : Containing I. The art of preserving and candying fruits and flowers; and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet: or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; together with some beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent receipts relating to the female sex: and for the general good of families, is added the true receipt for making that famous cordial drink Daffy's elixir salutis. III. The compleat cook's guide: or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish, both in the English and French mode; with all sorts of sauces and sallets: and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: [1696]
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The gentlewomans cabinet unlocked : Wherein is contained many excellent receipts for neat dressing of divers sorts of meats; as flesh and fish, with their proper sauces· Also directions for the best way of making pancakes, fritters, tansies, puddings, custards, cheesecakes. And such like fine knacks. And other delicate dishes, which are most frequently used in gentlemens houses.
Date: [1686-1688]
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The seconde parte of the Secrets of maister Alexis of Piemont: by him collected out of diuers excellent authors, and nevvly translated out of French into English. With a generall table of all the matters conteyned in the sayde booke. By William Warde.
Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565Date: [1568?]
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A collection of above three hundred receipts in cookery, physick and surgery : for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses : To which is added, a second part, containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweetmeats, &c. / By several hands.
Kettilby, MaryDate: M.DCC.XXIV [1724]
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Archimagirus anglo-gallicus: or, Excellent & approved receipts and experiments in cookery : Together with the best way of preserving. As also, rare formes of sugar-works: according to the French mode, and English manner. Copied from a choice manuscript of Sir Theodore Mayerne Knight, physician to the late K. Charles. Magistro artis, edere est esse.
Mayerne, Théodore Turquet de, Sir, 1573-1655Date: 1658
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Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closet's and distillatories: with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. Read, practise, and censure.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608Date: 1654
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A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts : Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, diuers necessary, a great sort profitable, and many verie precious.
Lupton, ThomasDate: 1595
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Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closets and distillatories: with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. Read, practice, and censure.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608Date: 1651
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Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories: with beuties [sic], banquets, perfumes, and waters. Read, practice and censure.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608?Date: 1656
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A thousand notable things of sundrie sortes : vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, diuers necessary, a great sort profitable, and many very precious.
Lupton, ThomasDate: 1627
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The secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemount : Containyng excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidents, with the manner to make distillations, parfumes, confitures, diynges, colours, fusions and meltynges. ... Translated out of Frenche into Englishe, by Wyllyam Warde.
Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565Date: Anno. 1558. mens. Nouemb
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The Queens closet opened : Incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying, &c. which were presented unto the Queen: by the most experienced persons of the times, many wherof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
Date: 1679
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A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits : Being receits and conceits of several natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water. And fire-works of service, for sea and shore. Whereunto are added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Together with several curious receits of great use, collected out of Alexis, Mizaldus, Wecker, &c. By John White a lover of artificial conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1689

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A precious treasury of twenty rare secrets : Most necessary, pleasant, and profitable for all sorts of people. / Published by Signier Francisco Dickinson an expert operator, and presumed to as good as any the best in all Europe.

Delights for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories with beauties, banquets, perfumes, and waters.

The true way of preserving and candying, and making several sorts of sweet-meats. According to the best and truest manner : Made publick for the benefit of all English ladies and gentlewomen; especially for my scholars.

The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Maister Alexis of Piemont, by him collected out of diuers excellent authours, with a necessary table in the ende, conteyning all the matters treated of in this present worke. Englished by Wyllyam Warde.

Valuable secrets concerning arts and trades ... Containing upwards of one thousand approved receipts relative to arts and trades.

Delights for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories; with beauties, banquets, perfumes, and waters. Reade, practise, and censure.

The compleat cook : Expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether, Italian, Spanish, or French, for dressing of flesh, and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry.

The seconde parte of the Secrets of maister Alexis of Piemont: by him collected out of diuers excellent authors, and nevvly translated out of French into English. With a generall table of all the matters conteyned in the sayde booke. By William Warde.

A collection of above three hundred receipts in cookery, physick and surgery : for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses : To which is added, a second part, containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweetmeats, &c. / By several hands.

Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closet's and distillatories: with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. Read, practise, and censure.

A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts : Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, diuers necessary, a great sort profitable, and many verie precious.

Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closets and distillatories: with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. Read, practice, and censure.

Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories: with beuties [sic], banquets, perfumes, and waters. Read, practice and censure.

A thousand notable things of sundrie sortes : vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, diuers necessary, a great sort profitable, and many very precious.

The Queens closet opened : Incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying, &c. which were presented unto the Queen: by the most experienced persons of the times, many wherof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.