ROYAL HOUSEHOLD - A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, Made in Divers Reigns. From King Edward III. To King William and Queen Mary

London: Printed for The Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols sold by Messieurs White and Son, Robson, Leigh and Sotheby, Browne, and Egerton's,, 1790. Royal Household Recipes [ROYAL HOUSEHOLD] A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, made in divers reigns. From King Edward III. to King William and Queen Mary, also Receipts in Ancient Cookery. London: Printed for The Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols sold by Messieurs White and Son, Robson, Leigh and Sotheby, Browne, and Egerton's, 1790. First edition of this collection of English Royal Household Manuscripts. Large quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 216 mm.). xxxii, 39, [i.e. 43], [3], 15-476 pp. Late eighteenth century sprinkled calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, rebacked with the original spine laid down. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, gilt board edges, marbled endpapers, extremities a little worn. The text discusses the duties and management of all of the staff of a royal household, including wages. The book concludes with the first printing of a collection of Fifteenth Century and earlier recipes, "Ancient Cookery. From a Ms. in the Library of the Royal Society, Arundel Collection, no. 344, p. 275-445." Recipes include: Potage de Frumenty, Sauce Madame, Felettes in Galentyne, Chekyns in Sauce, Chaudern for Swannes, Tart de Bry, Alaunder of Beef, and many others. Bitting, p. 532; Maclean, p. 30; Oxford, p. 119. .

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