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A help to discourse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical, questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, posies, love-toyes, &c. re-added, and plentifully dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellour, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health, never before printed. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Date: 1663
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The perfect cook : being the most exact directions for the making all kinds of pastes, with the perfect way teaching how to raise, season, and make all sorts of pies, pasties, tarts, and florentines, &c. now practised by the most famous and expert cooks, both French and English. As also the perfect English cook, or right method of the whole art of cookery, with the true ordering of French, Spanish, and Italian kickshaws, with alamode varieties for persons of honour. To which is added, the way of dressing all manner of flesh, fowl, and fish, and making admirable sauces, after the most refined way of French and English. The like never extant; with fifty five ways of dressing of eggs. / By Mounsieur Marnettè.
Marnettè, Mounsieur, active 17th centuryDate: 1656
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The whole body of cookery dissected, taught, and fully manifested, methodically, artificially, and according to the best tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c., or, A sympathie of all varieties in naturall compounds in that mysterie : wherein is contained certain bills of fare for the seasons of the year, for feasts and common diets : whereunto is annexed a second part of rare receipts of cookery, with certain useful traditions : with a book of preserving, conserving and candying, after the most exquisite and newest manner.
Rabisha, WilliamDate: 1661
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The complete house-keeper, and professed cook : Calculated for the greater ease and assistance of ladies, house-keepers, cooks, &c., &c. Containing upwards of seven hundred practical and approved receipts.
Smith, Mary, active 1772-1811.Date: 1786
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The compleat servant-maid: or, The young maidens tutor : Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under-cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Whereunto is added a suppiiment [sic] containing the choicest receipts and rarest secrets in physick and chyrurgery; also for salting and drying English ham equal to Westphalia. The compleat market-man and market-woman, in buying fowl, fish, flesh, &c. and to know their goodness or badness in every respect, to prevent being cheated. Never before printed.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1700
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A help to discourse: or, More merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, posies, love-toys, &c. are added, and plentifully dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellor, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health; never before printed. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Date: 1682
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The Queens closet opened : Incomparable secrets in physick, chirurgery, preserving, candying, and cookery; as they were presented to the Qveen by the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof they were honoured with her own practice, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. Never before published. / Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M. one of her late servants.
Date: 1655
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[A booke of cookerie, otherwise called the good huswiues handmaid.].
Date: [1597]
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A choice manual, or Rare secrets in physick and chirurgery: collected, & practised by the Right Honourable the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying &c.
Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651Date: 1687
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Murrels tvvo books of cookerie and carving.
Murrell, John, active 17th centuryDate: 1638
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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying, and cookery, as they were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof were honoured with her own practise, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations / transcribed from the true copies of Her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M., one of her late servants.
W. MDate: 1658
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The true way of preserving & candying, and making several sorts of sweet-meats, according to the best & truest manner : Made publick for the benefit of all English ladies and gentlewomen; especially for my schollars.
Date: In the year, 1681
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The family-dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion : containing, in an alphabetical method, I. Directions for cookery ... VII. The preparations of several choice medicines ... / by William Salmon.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1696
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The accomplished housekeeper, and universal cook : containing all the various branches of cookery; directions for roasting, boiling ... the various articles in candying, drying, preserves, and pickling; the preparation of hams, tongues, bacon, and of made wines and cordial waters; directions for carving, with a catalogue of the various articles in season every month in the year / by T. Williams, and the principal cooks at the London and Crown and Anchor taverns.
Williams, T., active 1797.Date: 1797
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Delightes for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories: with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608?Date: 1608
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The queen-like closet; or, Rich cabinet : stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying & cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex. By Hannah Wolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1670
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The whole body of cookery dissected, taught, and fully manifested, methodically, artificially, and according to the best tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c., or, A sympathy of all varieties in natural compounds in that mystery : Wherein is contained certain bills of fare for the seasons of the year, for feasts and common diets. Whereunto is annexed a second part of rare receipts of cookery, with certain useful traditions. With a book of preserving, conserving and candying, after the most exquisite and newest manner, delectable for ladies and gentlewomen. / By William Rabisha.
Rabisha, WilliamDate: 1675
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The vviddovves treasure : Plentifully furnished with sundry precious and approued secrets in physicke and chirurgery, for the health and pleasure of man-kinde. Hereunto are adioyned sundry pretty practices and conclusions of cookery, with many profitable and wholesome medicines for sundry diseases in cattell.
Partridge, John, active 1566-1573Date: 1631
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A book of cookrye : Very necessary for all such as delight therin. Gathered by A.W.
A. WDate: 1591
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The treasurie of hidden secrets, commonly called, The good-huswives closet of provision, for the health of her houshold : Gathered out of sundrie experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly inlarged with divers necessary physick helpes, and knowledge of the names and disposition of diseases, that most commonly happen to men and women. Not impertinent for every good huswife to use in her house, amongst her owne familie.
Partridge, John, active 1566-1573Date: 1637
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The Compleat cook : Expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether, [brace] Italian, Spanish, or French. For dressing of flesh, and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry.
Date: 1655
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The queen-like closet, or, Rich cabinet : stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying, and cookery : very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex : to which is added, A supplement, presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen / by Hannah Wolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1681
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The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes : Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie.
Partridge, John, active 1566-1573Date: 1591
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The experienced English housekeeper : for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. Written purely from practice .... Consisting of near nine hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print ... [etc.].
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: 1794
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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: 1636