Receits transcribed from a book of the Right Honourable the Earl of Warrington's. . To which is added tables of from 4 to 33 dishes. 1730.
Lady Mary Booth, Countess of Stamford (1704 - 1772)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1730
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052440
Summary
Manuscript (Transcript, hand-written). Transcribed by Lady Mary Booth of Dunham Massey. Main text paginated in ms. The initial and final leaves are blank. Title on p. [3]; p. [4] blank. Index on pp. [5]-[19]; pp. [21]-[22] blank. Plans of table settings on pp. [2]-[34] at end.
Bibliographic description
[22],365,[37]p., bound . ill.. . 21cm.. Provenance: Bookplate: Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772) pre-1736; armorial lozenge. Franks 3064. manuscript initial "M." on front pastedown [i.e. Lady Mary Booth]. manuscript inscriptions on front pastedown: "afterwards Countess of Stamford & Warrington; only child & heiress of her father, the Earl of Warrington", and "To Roger Earl of Stamford, from John Lord Orinathwaite, great-great-great-great grandson of Lady Mary Booth Dunham Massey 1st January 1948" [i.e. Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976)]. manuscript inscription on front endpaper: "H. C. Law, my great-grand mother's receipt book" [i.e. Henrietta Charlotte Law (1798-1836), daughter of the 6th Earl of Stamford].. Binding: Eighteenth-century blind-panelled brushed calf binding; blind roll on board edges.
Makers and roles
Lady Mary Booth, Countess of Stamford (1704 - 1772)