Recipe books at the Folger Shakespeare Library
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History
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List of receipt books
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Receipt Books
| Call Number | Author(s)/Creator(s) | Title | Year(s) | Origin | LUNA Record | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd.w. A1767 | Miscellaneous collection of receipts [manuscript] | 1688 (?) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| E.a.4 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| E.a.5 | Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London | Medical miscellany [manuscript] | 1634 (ca.) | London | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.7 | Buckhurst, Jane, of Sutton Valence, author | Cookbook of Jane Buckhurst [manuscript] | 1653 | Sutton Valence, Kent | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.8 | Cromwell, L., 17th cent. | Cookbook of L. Cromwell [manuscript] | 17 th century | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.19 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 17 th century | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.20 | Hall, Constance, fl. 1672. | Cookbook of Constance Hall [manuscript] | 1672 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.21 | Pharmaceutical and cookery recipes [manuscript] | 1675 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.140 | Baley, Walter, 1529-1592. Blundell, Richard, active 16th century. | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1600 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.215 | Packe, Susanna, fl. 1674. | Cookbook of Susanna Packe [manuscript] | 1674 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.260 | Miscellany [manuscript] | 1613 (ca.) - 1756 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.361-362 | A book of receipts which was given me by several men for several causes, griefs and diseases . . . [manuscript] | 1625 (ca.) - 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.364 | Webster, Nicholas, fl. 1650 | Certain profitable and well experienced collections for making conserve of fruits . . . as also of surgery, approved medicines . . . [manuscript] | 1650 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.387 | Packer, Katherine, fl. 1639 | A boocke of very good medicines for seueral deseases, wounds, and sores both new and olde [manuscript] | 1639 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.388 | Corlyon, Mrs., fl. 1660 | A booke of such medicines as have been approved by the speciall practize of Mrs. Corlyon [manuscript] | 1606 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.396 | Patrick, Penelope, 1646-1725 | Receipt book of Penelope Jephson [manuscript] | 1671, 1674/5 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.397 | Brown, Katherine, fl. 1650-1662, compiler | Medicinal and cookery recipes [manuscript] | 1650 (ca.)- 1662 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.398 | Slee, Andrew, 1629 or 1630- compiler | Medicinal recipes compiled by Andrew Slee [manuscript] | 1654 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.401 | Staveley, Jane, 17th century | Receipt book of Jane Staveley [manuscript] | 1693-1694 | LUNA Digital Images and LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.425 | Longe, Sarah, fl. 1610 | Receipt book of Sarah Longe [manuscript] | 1610 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.429 | Kendall, Rose, active 1682. Cater, Anne, 1651 or 1652-. Clarke, Elizabeth, active 17th-18th century. Bold, Anna Maria, 1708- | Cookery and medicinal recipes [manuscript] | 1675 (ca.) - 1750 (ca.) | Bedfordshire. Yorkshire. Lancashire. | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.430 | Granville family | Cookery and medicinal recipes of the Granville family [manuscript] | 1640 (ca.) - 1750 (ca.) | Worcestershire. Cadiz. | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.434 | Smith, Ann, fl. 1698 | Cookbook of Ann Smith [manuscript] | 1698 | Reading | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.450 | Pudsey, Lettice, fl. 1675 | Cookery book of Lettice Pudsey [manuscript] | 1675 (ca.) | Seisdon, Staffordshire | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.452 | Sheppey, Thomas, fl. 1675 | A book of choice receipts collected from several famous authors a great part in monasteries and often experimented as to a great number of them [manuscript] | 1675 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.456 | Baumfylde, Mary, fl. 1626 | Medicinal and cookery recipes of Mary Baumfylde [manuscript] | 1702-1758 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.458 | Medicinal, household and cookery recipes [manuscript] | 1650 (ca.) - 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.468 | Fowler, Elizabeth, fl. 1684 | Cookbook of Elizabeth Fowler [manuscript] | 1684 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.490 | King, John, 1696-1728 | Medicinal and cookery recipes [manuscript] | 1625 (ca.) - 1725 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.544 item 2 | Cookery and medicinal recipes [manuscript] | 1688 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.561 | Cookeries [manuscript] | 17 th century (late) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.562 | Cookery and medicinal recipes [manuscript] | 17 th century | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.563 | Medicinal, household and cookery receipts [manuscript]. | 17 th-18 th centuries | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.600 | Castleton, Grace Saunderson, Viscountess, d. 1667 | The Lady Grace Castleton's booke of receipts [manuscript] | 17 th century | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.612 | Carr, Anne, active 1674, compiler | Choyce receits collected out of the book of receits, of the Lady Vere Wilkinson [manuscript] / begun to be written by the Right Honble the Lady Anne Carr, Jan. 28 1673/4 | 1674-1770 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.619 | Baker, Margaret | Receipt book of Margaret Baker [manuscript] | 1675 (ca.)? | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.621 | Bacon, Catherine, 1660-1757, author | Receipt book of Catherine Bacon [manuscript] | 1680s ca. -1739 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.630 | Manuscript cookery book [manuscript] | 1675 ca. - 1686 ca. | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.669 | Cordial waters simple waters and syrrups [manuscript] | 1680 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.677 | Receipts in Cookery &c: [manuscript] | 1660-1685 (ca.) | Somerset? | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.680 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1690-1750 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.682 | Smith, Mary | Culinary and medicinal recipe book of Mary Smith [manuscript] | 1662 (ca.) | England? | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.a.683 | Miscellaneous Receipts [manuscript] | 1709-1727? | England? | Luna Digital Images | |||
| V.a.684 | Hutson, Beulah | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1680 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.a.697 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1660s (ca.) - 1680s (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.b.13 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 1678 (ca.) - 1689 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.b.14 | Dawson, Jane, 17th cent. | Cookbook of Jane Dawson [manuscript], late 17th century | 17 th century (late) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.b.129 | De Feckenham, John, 1515?-1585, compiler | This book of sovereign medicines against the most common and known diseases ... collected of Master Doctor Feckenham, late Abbot of Westminster [manuscript] | 1600 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.b.272 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.b.273 | Receipts in cookery and medicine [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.b.286 | Pharmaceutical recipes [manuscript] | 1690 (ca.), 1750 (ca.) - 1870 (ca.) | Derbyshire. Nottinghamshire | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.b.301 | Randolph, Grace, 1674-1750 | Cookbook of Grace Blome [manuscript] | 1697 | Kent | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| V.b.316 | M. W. | Cookery and medicinal recipes of M.W. [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) - 1850 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.b.342 | Hookes, Mary, fl. 1680 | Receipt book of Mary Hookes [manuscript] | 1675 (ca.) - 1725 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.b.363 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1679 (ca.) - 1694 | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.b.366 | Winch, Rebecca, d. 1713 | Receipt book of Rebeckah Winche [manuscript] | 1666 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| V.b.380 | English cookery and medicine book, [manuscript] | 1677 (ca.) - 1711 | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.b.399 | Culinary manuscript compilation [manuscript] | 1680-1690 (ca.) | England | Luna Digital Images | |||
| V.b.400 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 17 th century (late) - 18 th century (early) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.a.87 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 18 th century (early) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.a.111 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 1706 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.a.112 | Eyre, Margaret, b. 1686? | Cook-book of Margaret Turner [manuscript] | 1709 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.113 | Langley, Elizabeth, fl. 1757 | Cookbook of Elizabeth Langley [manuscript] | 1757 (?) March 17 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.136 | Smith, Elizabeth, fl. 1749-1800 | Receipt book of Elizabeth Smith [manuscript] | 1749 - 1800 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.283 | Stevens family. Warwick family. | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1704 (ca.) - 1787 | Oxfordshire. Warwickshire. | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| W.a.302 | Webb, Jane, fl. ca. 1725-ca. 1750 | Cookery book of Jane Webb, compiled by several people [manuscript] | 1725 (ca.) - 1750 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.303 | Mallett family. | Cookery and pharmaceutical recipes of the Malet family [manuscript]. | 1700 (ca.) - 1740, 1882 | Northamptonshire | LUNA Digital Images | ||
| W.a.311 | Johnston, Mrs., compiler | Receipts for cookery and pastry work [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.315 | Stone, Dorothy, fl. 1725 | Receipt book of Dorothy Stone [manuscript] | 1725 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.317 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) - 1775 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.a.318 | Pennyman, Dorothy, 1698 or 9-1754, compiler | Cookery and medicinal recipes [manuscript] | 1730 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.a.332 | Goodenough, Ann, fl. 1700-1775. | Cookery book of Ann Goodenough [manuscript] | 1700 (ca.) - 1775 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.b.79 | Knight, Mrs., fl. 1740 | Mrs. Knight's receipt book [manuscript] | 1740 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.b.98 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 1725 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.b.100 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 1720 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.b.102 | Puleston, Mary, d. 1764, compiler | Cookbook of Mary Puleston [manuscript] | 1764 (before) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.b.103 | Payne, Valert, 18th cent. | Cook-book of Valert Payne [manuscript] | 18 th century | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.b.456 | Vesey, Lettis, fl. ca. 1725 | Cookery book of Lettis Vesey [manuscript] | 1725 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| W.b.653 | Cookbook [manuscript] | 1720 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| W.b.668 | Kirk, Rachel | Mrs. Rachel Kirk Book 1707 [manuscript] | 1707 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| X.d.24 | Cruso, Mary, fl. 1689. | Cookbook of Mary Cruso and Timothy Cruso [manuscript], 1689 September 5. | 1689 September 5 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| X.d.457 | Staveley, Jane, 17th century | Receipt book of Jane Staveley [manuscript] | 1693-1694 | LUNA Digital Images and LUNA Digital Images | |||
| X.d.469 | Medical recipes [manuscript] | 1625 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| X.d.602 | Recipes for ale [manuscript] | 17 th century | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| X.d.738 | Perssehouse, Richard. | Bifolium miscellany of medical, domestic, and veterinary receipts [manuscript], Belhall | 1643 | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| X.d.742 | Autograph receipt for a medical broth for purifying the blood..., [manuscript], c1690 | 1690 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| X.d.743 | Autograph receipt "For the gout" [manuscript], c1690 | 1690 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| X.d.745 | Autograph receipt for making gooseberry and currant wine [manuscript], c1690 | 1690 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| X.d.746 | Autograph receipt for making a plaister using oyl of olives, half and ounce of opium dissovled in a little brandy, whale ambergris, and other herbs. "this is above all wishing the good efforts of this to my good friend J. W." [manuscript], c1690 | 1690 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| X.d.750 | Mosay, M., creator | Receipt for sciatica | 1700 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | |||
| X.d.751 | Receipt for scurvy grass ale [manuscript], ca. 18th century | 18 th century (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| Y.d.77 (1) | Recipes [manuscript] | 1765 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| Y.d.77 (2) | Recipes [manuscript] | 1765 (ca.) | LUNA Digital Images | ||||
| V.a.672 | Spurgeon, Leonard | English 17th century manuscript book of recipes, remedies and household notes [manuscript] | 1656 (ca.) | ||||
| V.a.674 | English cookery and medicine, [manuscript] | 1670 | |||||
| V.a.675 | Lyford, Mary | Medical and cookery recipes [manuscript] | 1665 (ca.) | ||||
| V.a.677 | Manuscript cookery book [manuscript] | 17 th century (late) | |||||
| V.a.678 | Manuscript cookery book [manuscript] | 17 th century (late) - 18 th century (early) | |||||
| V.a.681 | Shirley, Dorothy, 1683-1721, compiler | Receipt book [manuscript], ca. 1693/4 | 17 th century (late) - 18 th century (early) | ||||
| V.a.682 | Smith, Mary, compiler | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1663 | ||||
| V.a.683 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1709-1727 (?) | |||||
| V.a.685 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 18th century (ca.) | |||||
| V.a.686 | Manuscript cookery book [manuscript] | 1680 - 1720 (ca.) | |||||
| V.a.704 | Thayer, John | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1600s (ca.) | ||||
| V.b.381 | Receipt book, [manuscript] | 1690s (ca.) | |||||
| V.b.399 | Culinary manuscript compilation, [manuscript] | 1680-1690 (ca.) | |||||
| W.a.521 | Spearman, John, author | English receipts & notes on celestial and terrestrial globes [manuscript], 1689 - 3 Dec. 1703. | 1689 - 3 Dec. 1703 | ||||
| W.a.527 | Receipt book [manuscript] | 1710 (ca.) | |||||
| D9355 | Jackson, Sarah | Receipt book of Mrs Sarah Jackson [manuscript] | 1688 - 1755 (ca.) | ||||
| n/a | Manuscript cookery book [manuscript] | 1707 (ca.) |
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*Editors note: dates have been altered somewhat from Hamnet records for functionality of the table. For example, a date original cataloged as "ca. 1700" has been rendered as "1700 (ca.)"; "[1700?]" has been rendered as "1700 (?)", etc. See Hamnet for authoritative dating.