RECIPE BOOK
Manuscript Recipes in French, with a few in English,
for a mouth-watering and very large range of patisseries, entremets fantaisis (fancy sweets), petits fours secs (macaroons, galettes, biscuits, etc.), soufflés, glaces, bombes, and fruit dishes, with a few special sauces, soups, and scones, mainly in one hand (possibly German or Russian), and, near the end, in a French hand, menus and wine lists from special occasions, in particular the 'Fêtes Franco-Espagnoles' (pp.66-71, 7 menus), 'Voyage du Président Loubet à Bordeaux en 1905' (p.73-74), and the 'Fêtes Franco-Anglaises' (p. 75), over 200 recipes not counting the many single-line descriptions of 'bombes', 76 sides 8½" x 6¾", n.p., c. 1905 -
unstitched and hard covers detached, apparently lacking two leaves, existing order not quite certain
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
52676
£175
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RECIPE FOR BARLEY WATER - 1800
Recipe
using "a Pint of Pearl Barley ... pour on it two quarts of boiling water (Spring) the Rhind of two Lemons - the thinner ... the better, half an ounce of Hartshorn Shavings, let it stand till cold ...", 1 side 4to., no place, no date c.
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
16708
£20
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REES
(David James, Golfer)
Signature on card,
date in another hand, 26th August
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
18768
£35
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REGENT STREET
Terrific photo showing people and carriages bustling about outside the department store Peter Robinson, 8" x 5", London, c.
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
26498
£175
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[RIARIO SFORZA
(Sisto, 1810-1877, Cardinal, from 1845 Archbishop of Naples)]
Document, in Latin with translation, issued in his name,
certifying, after examining two witnesses and searching the records of Sta. Maria in Cosmedin in Naples, that Michele di Lauro, son of the late Giuseppe of the Diocese of Gaeta, resided in Naples "from infancy till the year 1836 ... being free from all impediment and matrimonial bond, and in other respects not prohibited by law from contracting ... marriage", printed with manuscript additions, heading with the Archbishop's titles, his cardinal's hat in red with his arms below, blind papered seal of his Court and stamp of his Archives, signatures include Pro-Archivist Maria Ruffo, V.C. Balzano for the Vicar Ecclesiastic, and Notary Ciarlone, fee 1 ducato 5 grani, 1 side 11¾" x 7¾" and conjugate blank held folded by seal, Naples, 4th June
Item Date:
1846
Stock No:
54553
£325
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