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[[File:Recipe book binding.png|200px|thumb|left|A photo of the vellum bound recipe book in the | [[File:Recipe book binding.png|200px|thumb|left|A photo of the vellum bound recipe book in the University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center]] | ||
[https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9979321182603681 British family collection of recipes, 1747-1807] contains multiple formats of recipes from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century England, collectively handwritten by three families: the Cusloves, the Sackers, and the Nicholls. Encompassing a broad range of recipes, from culinary to medicinal, the recipe book contains not a single, unused page. Following its creation in 1747, the collection was expanded upon and exchanged between the three families for sixty years. Now, collection resides in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania's] [https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts] after being purchased by the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.The vellum-bound recipe book serves as the main thread of the collection and is where most of the recipes and distinct hands appear. | [https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9979321182603681 British family collection of recipes, 1747-1807] contains multiple formats of recipes from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century England, collectively handwritten by three families: the Cusloves, the Sackers, and the Nicholls. Encompassing a broad range of recipes, from culinary to medicinal, the recipe book contains not a single, unused page. Following its creation in 1747, the collection was expanded upon and exchanged between the three families for sixty years. Now, collection resides in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania's] [https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts] after being purchased by the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.The vellum-bound recipe book serves as the main thread of the collection and is where most of the recipes and distinct hands appear. | ||
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Introduction
British family collection of recipes, 1747-1807 contains multiple formats of recipes from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century England, collectively handwritten by three families: the Cusloves, the Sackers, and the Nicholls. Encompassing a broad range of recipes, from culinary to medicinal, the recipe book contains not a single, unused page. Following its creation in 1747, the collection was expanded upon and exchanged between the three families for sixty years. Now, collection resides in the University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts after being purchased by the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.The vellum-bound recipe book serves as the main thread of the collection and is where most of the recipes and distinct hands appear.