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oursin ([personal profile] oursin) wrote in [community profile] history2009-04-16 04:41 pm
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Via the Wellcome Library Blog: 75 C17th manuscript domestic recipe books (medical, culinary, household, occasionally veterinary) have been digitised and are now accessible online.
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trouble: Sketch of Hermoine from Harry Potter with "Bookworms will rule the world (after we finish the background reading)" on it (Default)

[personal profile] trouble 2009-04-16 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my! *covets*

Thank you for linking! This will kill my afternoon! :)
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[personal profile] rainbow 2009-04-16 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooo! *happydance* Thank you!
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[personal profile] lurksnomore 2009-04-16 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
These are just so wonderful! The one I read was about preparing apricots (apricockes! hee!)

Just fantastic! Go the Wellcome Library!
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[personal profile] eva 2009-04-16 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
This looks great; thanks for the link!
damned_colonial: Convicts in Sydney, being spoken to by a guard/soldier (Default)

17C recipe books

[personal profile] damned_colonial 2009-04-16 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Wheeee! *bookmarks*
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (Default)

Awesome old books

[personal profile] ilyena_sylph 2009-04-16 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Project Gutenberg has some, too, but thank you so much for the link!
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