A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick, and Surgery; For the Use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses. By Several Hands. The Fifth Edition. To which is Added, A Second Part, containing A great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c.

[KETTILBY (Mary)

Published by London: Printed for the Executrix of Mary Kettilby., 1734

About this Item

8vo, 200 x 113 mms., pp. viii [9] - 272 [273 -276 Index, 277 - 280 adverts], contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco lables, new end-papers; some spotting and staining, but a good to very good copy. Mary Kettilby doesn't seem to have left much biographical information behind. Unlike many cooks from the 18th century, she is not represented in ODNB. The work was originally published in 1714, and in this edition the second part is a fourth edition. The book was a collective effort, with recipes taken from various sources, as indicated in the Preface: "a Number of very Curious and Delicate House-wives Clubb'd to furnish out this Collection." This work is usually credited with having the first recipe for marmalade. Surely some wag in the 18th century might have been prompted to produce a similar book, "For the Use of Bad Wives, Wicked Mothers, and Careless Nurses." Cagle 792. Seller Inventory # 9040

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts...

Publisher: London: Printed for the Executrix of Mary Kettilby.

Publication Date: 1734