Early 19th Century Mexican Manuscript Cookery
Mexico: 1813.
Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Item #CAT001031
Manuscript cookery on laid paper in flexible leather portfolio binding. Some browning and staining to pages, a little fragile at edges in spots. Binding marked "1813" with overlapping covers and a cord tie. It is marked in a later hand "quaderno de la obra pia de Dn Antonio Cervantes". Possibly a reused binding - the recipes are consistent with the 1813 date or a little earlier. Pages ca. 7 7/8" x 5 1/2" binding 8 3/8" x 6". The last few pages are detached and the manuscript seems likely be incomplete and one or two of the final recipes left unfinished. A remarkable early collection of mostly sweets with a number of savory dishes at the end. Manuscript cookeries this early are increasingly unusual.
34 pages of recipes. Turron de Oaxaca, Pastelita de Almendra, bocadillos de coco, huevos reales, huevos moles, torta de cielo, arequipa (dulce de leche: now usually only called this in Columbia), cubiletes, sopa dorada, huevos mexidos, guisado el cautivo, fricasé de gallina, albondiagas reales, bonuelos de queso, bonuelos de viento. 62 recipes. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT001031.
Price: $6,000.00