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Document ReferencePw V 124
TitleMS recipe book of Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford; 1743
Date1743
Extent46 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionIndividual entries are described under references Pw V 124/1-113 and Pw V 124/114 is an index of recipes contained within the volume.
Volume bears the title 'Receipt Book/ 1743' on title page.

Presentation copy with ornate title page and ornamental designs at the beginning of individual entries.
Title Of WorkReceipt Book 1743
LanguageEnglish
ReprodnNoteVolumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical DescriptionFolio volume
Early pagination 1 to 88
ConditionTitle page and p 1 are torn along fore-edge
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Seven Provinces Lion within crowned, double rimmed circle, 125 x 90 mm

Countermark: Royal Cipher, letters GR surmounted by crown within a circle, 50 x 50 mm. One type of watermark throughout

Copied on paper with black and red marginal rulings

Limp cover made of thick paper printed with red floral pattern on gold background throughout as Pw V 123 and Pw V 124; faded gold graphing.
WatermarkLion
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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA1048Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford1694-1755
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