Greetings to the List.

We are offering an uncommon title on Ebay.

Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Edited by Thomas Austin.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....tem=7037283238

Starting price: $19.95

Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Edited by Thomas Austin.
Harleian Manuscript 279 (about 1430) and Harleian Manuscript 4016 (about
1450). With extracts from Ashmole Manuscript 1429, Laud Manuscript 553
and Douce Manuscript 55. London: Published for The Early English Text
Society by N. Trubner & Co. 1888. Bound in with two other unrelated old
English items.

Several hundred recipes, from mainly two C15th manuscripts, herewith
published for the first time in book form. First edition thus in
published form. The manuscripts are currently in the British and
Bodleian Libraries. The cookery books contain many rare and
extraordinary medieval recipes. They include an astonishing variety of
ingredients and dishes no longer "fashionable". eg. whale, porpoise,
seal, swan, crane, heron, peacock; Pudding of Swan Neck. Includes
contents of famous feasts such as the banquet of the coronation of
Henry the Fourth.

The text of many recipes in earlier English.


*****************************************

Thank you.

Peter Krantz
International Bookfinders
Sydney

Peter wrote:
> Greetings to the List.
>
> We are offering an uncommon title on Ebay.
>
> Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Edited by Thomas Austin.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....tem=7037283238
>
> Starting price: $19.95
>
> Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Edited by Thomas Austin.
> Harleian Manuscript 279 (about 1430) and Harleian Manuscript 4016 (about
> 1450). With extracts from Ashmole Manuscript 1429, Laud Manuscript 553
> and Douce Manuscript 55. London: Published for The Early English Text
> Society by N. Trubner & Co. 1888. Bound in with two other unrelated old
> English items.
>
> Several hundred recipes, from mainly two C15th manuscripts, herewith
> published for the first time in book form. First edition thus in
> published form. The manuscripts are currently in the British and
> Bodleian Libraries. The cookery books contain many rare and
> extraordinary medieval recipes. They include an astonishing variety of
> ingredients and dishes no longer "fashionable". eg. whale, porpoise,
> seal, swan, crane, heron, peacock; Pudding of Swan Neck. Includes
> contents of famous feasts such as the banquet of the coronation of
> Henry the Fourth.
>
> The text of many recipes in earlier English.
>
>
> *****************************************
>
> Thank you.
>
> Peter Krantz
> International Bookfinders
> Sydney
>

what type of writing do they have. i have seem many 16th and 17 century
cookbook and they are written extremely flowery cursive that while
typical of that age are most certainly hard to read.

Grizzman

Peter wrote:

>
> Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Edited by Thomas Austin.

Wow an old recipes...how are their flavour? Do you have try it?

--
http://www.cookdojo.com