Manuscript.- Cookery & Medical.- Mort (Alexander) Madam Dorothy Kenyon's Booke Written by Her Cosin Alexande: Mort..., [Collection of recipes], Elizabeth David's copy with her bookplate on front pastedown, manuscript, title, 8pp. index and 259pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, original green vellum, slightly marked, corners bumped, sm. 4to (210 x 167mm.), 1683.
⁂ Recipes including: "To make Paiste Royall"; "A Haggus or Puddinge"; "To Poll Beefe of Mutton"; "To make an Olio"; "To Boyle Salmon Morts with Hearbes"; "To make Gillyflower Wine"; "To make Aqua Mirabilis"; "The Lady Allen's Cordiall Water for the Stomache Small Pox Surfett of feaver"; "Widow ffarrington's Cordiall Water"; "To Preserve Damzens"; "To make Marmulet of Oranges or Lemmons"; "To make Sugar Cakes"; "Fora Quartan Ague"; "To make the Countess of Kent's Powder (Take Correll pearle Crabs eyes in fine powder...)"; "To make an Oyntment for a Scald (Take a Pound of fresh Butter and halfe a handfull of Sheepe dung...)" etc.
Alexander Mort was probably the descendant of Adam Mort who bought the estate of Damhouse of Astley and Tyldesley, near Manchester.
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