Lot 256
MS COOKERY BOOK
Auction: 19 November 2003 at 12:30 GMT
Description
Recipe book of Mrs Catherine Brisbane, who is also described on the titlepage as Lady Fairlie. The book is dated July 1719 on the titlepage, with the first page of the text headed "Ane paistry book, 1718" The first part consists of almost 80 recipes for meat dishes, soups, sweetmeats, preserves, cakes, etc. There is an early recipe for Marmalade on p. 19. The second part of the manuscript contains a number of recipes for dying. 45 MS leaves. Contemporary paper wrappers. small 4to.
Note: Fairlie Castle is some three miles South West of Largs and was the home of the Fairlies of that Ilk. Brisbane too is a local name. There was a thriving weaving industry in Fairlie village which specialised in Paisley shawls and this may account for the substantial number of recipes devoted to dying.