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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 125
Title
MS recipe book of Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford; 1743
Date
1743
Extent
43 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Individual entries are described under references Pw V 125/1-45 and Pw V 124/45 is an index.
Volume bears the title 'Receipt Books/ 1743' in ink on title page.
Presentation copy with ornate title page with ornamental designs at beginnings and endings of individual entries.
Title Of Work
Receipt Book 1743
Language
English
ReprodnNote
Volumes 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 Description
Folio book
Early pagination from 1 to 27; following 24 folios were left blank but for folios which contain index; last two folios are also blank.
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Pro Patria, 100 x 100 mm
Countermark: Royal cipher, crowned GR, 40 x 28 mm
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
Watermark
Pro Patria
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1048
Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford
1694-1755
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