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  • 1
    Recipe Book of Mary Bennet
    18th Century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 869
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown but possibly Mary Bennet Junior.
    Extent:202 x 155 mm. 1 volume (71 + ii folios); Binding: original full vellum binding over boards
    Language:English
  • 2
    Recipe Book
    17th-18th centuries
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 1167
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Various.
    Extent:190 x 145 mm. 1 volume (120 folios); Binding: contemporary calf binding
    Language:English
  • 3
    Mrs Betsy Westhead's Receipt Book
    1833
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 1317
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Mrs Betsy Brown-Westhead.
    Extent:225 x 185 mm. 1 vol.; 5 loose sheets enclosed. Medium: paper. Binding: quarter-bound in red straight-grained morocco; marbled boards; printed stationer's ticket inside front cover: 'Ja[me]s Everett, Bookseller, Stationer &Printer, No. 10 Market Street, Manchester'
    Language:English
  • 4
    Recipe Book of John Southam of Ashton under Lyne
    1832-c.1850
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 1575
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Extent:182 x 117 mm. 1 volume. 67 folios, paginated 1-129 (originally paginated 1-131, but pp. 118-9 are missing and subsequent pages have been renumbered). Medium: paper. Binding: half-bound in polished leather; marbled paper-covered boards. Condition: binding rubbed and soiled
    Language:English
  • 5
    Journal of William Johns, Unitarian Minister and Author
    1810-c.1852
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 1315
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Johns William 1771-1845 Unitarian minister and writer.
    Extent:194 x 155 mm. 1 volume, 61 leaves, modern foliation. Medium: paper. Binding: full-bound in plain vellum. Condition: binding stained and worn, cracked at the inner front hinge
    Language:English
  • 6
    Collection of Medical Recipes, Charms, etc.
    2nd half 15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 404
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. i + 46 + i folios, foliated 1-46 (modern foliation). Dimensions: 207 x 140 mm. Collation: 1 three, 2 6, 3 8, 4 16, 5 thirteen (ff. 34-46: 37-42 are three bifolia). Condition: the manuscript has been affected by dampness at some date, with staining and abrasion throughout, and loss of text on several leaves, particularly on ff. 33-38; 20th-century repairs. Medium: paper. Binding: described as unbound in 1929. Now in quarter brown morocco with bookcloth sides by Bramhall and Menzies for the John Rylands Library
    Language:Middle English