Recipe Collections, 19th Century

Three collections of culinary, medical and domestic recipes:

1-7 Collection of recipes and prescriptions, also including 'Method and result of an experiment for preserving and generating leeches' with an additional note 'this experiment was made by Mr John Scott of Oxford Street, near Duke Street, Grosvenor Square' [London, c. 1800].

8-56 Collection of culinary recipes, apparently collected by a Miss Fulsham, of East Shilton, Leics. A few items are written on envelopes addressed to Richard Fulsham, surgeon, of East Shilton, 1842-1850.

57-104 Collection of English medical domestic and culinary recipes, including recipes for cholera, whooping cough and other diseases, 19th century.

19th century

1 volume Partly printed.

Hodgson's 9 Nov. 1933 lot 400 (acc 78888)

Puttick and Simpson's 11 Nov. 1931, lot 260 (acc 67570)

57-104 Provenance untraced.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of The Recipe books digitisation project. Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/160.