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Domestic economy - "Recettes de remedes eprouvés", [France, before 1778].

Estimation : 150 / 150
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
French manuscript on 8vo-size paper, 20 x 16 cm, cont. vellum (soiled, spine lacking), [8]-130, [8]-138 pp., written in brown ink on handruled paper (some spotting, waterstaining in the margins). Interesting manuscript by different hands containing 156 recipes to cure illnesses or discomfort, also recipes to make your own remedy for certain uneases. By turning over the manuscript another 141 "recettes et secrets" with instructions to prepare food, tips and tricks for daily life. Both parts of the manuscript provided with a table of contents. Manuscript given to J.M.F. Thiboult in 1778 after the death of the owner, Marquis de La Sénie (?), who died at hospital after battle in Vollhinie (Volhynia is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe straddling Poland, Ukraine and Belarus). Other ownership entry stamped "R. Serceau". Joined 4 loose ff. also with recipes.
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