Dos-a-dos are several dozen primarily cooking recipes, for such dishes as barley broth, cherry wine, and lemon cream; as well as instructions on fishing. At the beginning of the manuscript are recipes for making ink and treating chilblains.
Description:
Armorial bookplate inside front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century and Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1714
Subject (Name):
Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712 and Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692
Subject (Topic):
Anti-Catholicism --England, Cooking, English, English poetry --17th century, Fishing --England, Latin poetry, Political poetry, English, Traditional medicine --Great Britain --Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, and Verse satire, English --17th century