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German cookery--
Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- Sixteenth-century manuscript recipe book in German
including recipes for soups, fish, pastry, meals for invalids, cakes ("Mandelküchli"), offal, wine, roast meat, unguents and salves
c. 80 pages, 4to (197 x 155mm), the first 15 pages paginated by the scribe, with a few seventeenth- and eighteenth-century additions, bound in a fragment of a medieval manuscript on vellum, with remains of vellum ties, fitted modern box, dated on page [55] 1593, without a title-page; together with an early twentienth-century German cookery manuscript by Frau Thalmessinger, largely carbon typescript with some manuscript additions (2)
c. 80 pages, 4to (197 x 155mm), the first 15 pages paginated by the scribe, with a few seventeenth- and eighteenth-century additions, bound in a fragment of a medieval manuscript on vellum, with remains of vellum ties, fitted modern box, dated on page [55] 1593, without a title-page; together with an early twentienth-century German cookery manuscript by Frau Thalmessinger, largely carbon typescript with some manuscript additions (2)
Provenance
Schraemli (his booklabel loosely inserted); Hroar Drege (Lot 251)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."