Handwritten Booklet of 19th-Century Traditional Remedy Recipes
1830.
56 pages, 8.25 x 6.75 inches, hand-bound with thread, no place, circa 1830. Recipe titles include "...An elegant purgative draught...Ordinary laxative medicine for Miss Ruth R...Cinnamon Heater...Ointment for the cure of ring worms...Egg Liquor...To make wine candles...Cathartic pills...Alyons oxygenated ointment...Isinglass Jelly...Dr. Willich's receipt for preparing patent water proof leather...Cleaning for white tops of boots...Small beer...Admiral Pococke's receipt for pickling beef, mutton, pork, etc..." Delicate with chipping along the margin and binding; several damp-stains and tears. Unique and in good condition.
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First
Language: English
Price: $250.00
Item #201016