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Ancient
Ancient RomeAPICIUS
Trans. Vehling Latin Text
http://www.fh-augsburg.de/%7Eharsch/Chronologia/Lspost04/Apicius/api_int
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LatinText
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/apicius.html
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http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16439
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http://www.archive.org/details/apicicaelidereco00apicrich
13th C
Original MSlost, possiblyFrenchLibellus de art Coquinaria ("Harpestreng"cookbook)
Danish Possibly oldest cookbook inWestern world; Scannedimages of Codex K
http://base.kb.dk/manus_pub/cv/manus/ManusPage.xsql?nnoc=manus_pub&p_ManusId=87&p_PageNo=140%20recto&p_ Lang=main&p_Mode=img
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DanishCodex Q
http://www.notaker.com/onlitxts/molbech.htm
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Thomas Gloning (ed.) Danish Codex K
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/harp-kkr.htm
13th C
AndalusiaAndalusian cookbook
Trans. Charles Perry Spanish English Transcription
http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/cookbooks/Andalusian/Cookbook.htm
13th C
FranceLe Régime du corpsAldobrandino da Siena
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/aldosien.htm
10th,13thC
"Persia"Kitab al-tabikh (Baghdad Cookery Book)
Arabic Arabic Scanned Pages
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/For_Translation/al_ _
1300 circa
FranceEnseignements … maniere de viandes
Thomas Gloning (ed.) French Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/%7Egloning/1300ens.htm
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Trans. Daniel Myers French English Text
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-
early 14thC
Tractatus de modo preparandi et condiendiomnia cibaria
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/%7Egloning/mul1-tra.htm
14th C
Liber de coquina
ThomasGloning (ed.) Latin Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/%7Egloning/mul2-lib.htm
1345 or1350
GermanyEin Buch von Guter Spise
German Text
http://turba-delirantium.sk rocket.de/bibliotheca/anon mus_buochvon uot
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http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/bvgs.htm
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German Links to individual recipes
http://www.die-dunkle-dimension.de/p-med03.htm
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Trans. Alia Atlas GermanEnglish Text
http://cs-people.bu.edu/akatlas/Buch/recipes.html
1375
FranceViander de Taillevent
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62367s
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http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/vi-vat.htm
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Trans. James Prescott French English Transcription
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/data/viandier/viandier1.html
1390
EnglandForm of Cury
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/foc/
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Samuel Pegge version Text
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/foc/8cury11.txt
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Samuel Pegge version Text
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext05/8cury10.txt
1393
FranceMenagier de Paris
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k831118
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1846 edition, JéromePichonFrench Text
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/menagier/
France"
1846 edition, JéromePichon: Translated byJanet HinsonFrench English Text
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Menagier/Menagier_Contents.html
1400 circa
GermanyEin alemannisches Büchlein von guter Speise(Cgm 384, fol. 103b-115b)
German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/birlalem.htm
1400 circa
GermanyMittelniederdeutsches Kochbuch
German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/mndk.htm
1400 circa(or 1475?)
GermanyEin Kochbuch aus dem Archiv des DeutschenOrdens
German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/gollub.htm
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Trans. Giano Balestriere German English Text
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Konigsberg-art.html
1400 circa
Spain/CatalonLibre de totes maneres de confits
Thomas Gloning (ed.) Catalan Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/confits.htm
14/15C
Italian Renaissance Recipes, from severalsources
Few recipes only, inItalian and EnglishItalian English Text
http://www.nicomarin.com/ricette.htm
14/15C
ItalyAnonimo Veneziano (Anonymous VenetianCookbook)
Thomas Gloning (ed.) Italian Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/%7Egloning/frati.htm
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Vittoria Aureli (trans) English Text
http://www.geocities.com/anahita_whitehorse/LibroDellaCocina.html
14/15C
ItalyLibro di cucina/ Libro per cuoco
Thomas Gloning (ed.) Italian Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/frati.htm
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Trans:Louise Smithson Italian English Text
http://www.geocities.com/helewyse/libro.html
1420
FranceDu Fait du Cuisine
Chiquart Amiczo; TransiFrench English Text
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Du_Fait
1420-40
Liber Cure Cocorum; Sloane MS. 1986
facsimile of RichardMorris' transcription;iEnglish Facsimile; pdf; links torecipes.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lcc/facsimile.html
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Transcription of theMorris 1862 versionEnglish ModernEnglishParallel transcription andtranslation
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lcc/parallel.html
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Transcription of theMorris 1862 versionEnglish Text
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/thomas.gloning/tx/lcc3.htm
1430-50
EnglandTwo fifteenth-century cookery-books :Harleian MS. 279 & Harl. MS. 4016, withextracts from Ashmole MS. 1439, Laud MS.553, & Douce MS. 55
Thomas Austin (ed.) English Text
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;idno=CookBk;rgn=div1;view=text;cc=cme;node=CookBk%3A6
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http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;cc=cme;rgn=main;view=text;idno=CookBk
1430-50
EnglandTwo Fifteenth Century MS (HARLEIAN MS. 279& 4016)
Daniel Myers English Searchable by ingredient
http://www.bookofrefreshments.com/cgi-bin/tfccb.pl
1450-60
ItalyLibro de arte coquinariaMaestro Martino ofComo
: Thomas Gloning(ed.)Italian Text
http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/martino2.htm
1460 circa
EnglandThe Babees Book .. Boke of NurtureJohn Russell
English includes individual recipelinks
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;idno=AHA6127.0001.001
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Edith Rickert (ed.) Text.
http://jrider.web.wesleyan.edu/wescourses/2001f/fren234/01/bookofnurture.htm
late15th/early
GermanyInntalkochbuch
Thomas Gloning (ed.) German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/kb-dann.htm
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German English Text
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Inntal-art.html
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German English Text
http://www.housemorien.org/inntalkochbuch.htm
15thC
GermanyDas Kochbuch des Meisters Eberhard
German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/feyl.htm
ONLINE HISTORIC COOKBOOKS
These cookbooks are freely available over the Internet.Please: If you find any errors, or have any suggested additions, please contact Janet Clarkson at
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Trans. Giano Balestriere German English Text
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Eberhard-art.html
15th C
PortugalUm tratado da cozinha portuguesa
Portuguese Text "a translation intoModern Portuguese withmajor changes both invocabulary and syntax"
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/05810518790525195209079/index.htm
15 C, late
EnglandPepys MS1047
English Text
http://www.godecookery.com/pepys/pepys.htm
15th C
NetherlandsKeukenboek (UB Gent Hs. 1035); Wel endeedelike spijse [Good and Noble Food)
Thomas Gloning (ed.) Dutch Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/serrure.htm
Netherlands"
http://www.coquinaria.nl/kooktekst/Introduction.htm
1510-1514?
NetherlandsEen notabel boecxken van cokeryen Thomas vander Noot:
English translationChristina van Tets.Dutch English First printed Dutch cookbook.Text: links to individualrecipes:
http://users.pandora.be/willy.vancammeren/NBC/index.htm
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Transcription andTranslation: Ria Jansen-Sieben en Marleen vander Molen-WillebrandsDutchEnglish Text
http://www.kookhistorie.com/
1513
EnglandBoke of Kervynge
Wynkyn de Worde English Text
http://www.harvestfields.ca/CookBooks/001/02/01.htm
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EnglishText
http://milkmama.tripod.com/kervynge2.html
1520
SpainLibre de doctrina per a ben servir, de tallar ydel art de coch
Nola, Rupert de Spanish
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/57915397105571162900080/index.htm
1529 circa
Spain/CataloniaLibre del Coch/GuisadosNola, Rupert de
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados1-art.text
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados2-art.html
1530
ItalyDe honesta voluptate
Platina LatinFacsimile
http://alfama.sim.ucm.es/dioscorides/consulta_libro.asp?ref=X533841967&idioma=0
1545
Proper New Booke of Cokerye
Thomas Gloning (ed.) English Text
http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/bookecok.htm
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Text; links to recipes
http://www.godecookery.com/trscript/trscript.html
1553
GermanyCookbook of Sabina Welserin
GermanText
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/thomas.gloning/tx/sawe.htm
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http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Sabrina _Welserin.html
1555
ItalyThe Secrets of Alexis of Piedmont
Latin French,ItalianSearch (Rechercher)"Alessio"; editions in Latin,French, Italian
http://gallica.bnf.fr/
1570
ItalyOpera
Scappi Italian Facsimile
http://alfama.sim.ucm.es/dioscorides/consulta_libro_b.asp?ref
1573
GermanyEin New Kochbuch
Marx Rumpolt German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/rumpochs.htm
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German English Text
http://clem.mscd.edu/%7Egrasse/GK_Rumpolt1.htm
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German pdf
http://www.ravenstreet.org/Tirloch/ein%20neu%20kuchbuch%20-%20transcribed%20pages......pdf
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Selection of scanned pages
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/For_Translation/Max _Rum olt/Max_Rum olt.html
1591
EnglandA Boke of Cookrye
A.W English
http://jducoeur.org/Cookbook/Cookrye.html
1593
NetherlandsEenen seer schoonen, ende excellentenCocboeck (Exquisite and Excellent Cookbook)Carolus Battus
http://www.kookhistorie.com/
1594, 1596,1597
EnglandGood Huswife's Handmaide for the Kitchin
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/thomas.gloning/ghhk/
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English 1596 version
http://www.harvestfields.ca/CookBooks/003/07/00.htm
1596
EnglandThe Good Housewife's Jewell
Thomas Dawson English
http://www.harvestfields.ca/CookBooks/003/07/00.htm
1597
EnglandHerbal: Generall Historie of Plantes.
Gerard English "Culinary Gleanings" by CindyRenfrow
http://members.aol.com/renfrowcm/gerardp1.html
1598
GermanyDe vierdte thiel
Anna Wecker German Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/1598aw4w.htm
16th C
SpainManual de mujeres …
Spanish Medicinal remedies also
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01371074
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English
http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/manual.htm
1609
EnglandDelights for Ladies
Hugh Plat English Text
http://www.harvestfields.ca/CookBooks/001/03/0.htm
1604
FranceOuverture de Cuisine
Lancelot de Casteau French Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/ouv3.htm
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Trans. Daniel Myers French English Text
http://www.medievalcookery.com/notes/ouverture.shtm
1608, 1627
EnglandCloset for Ladies … Conserving, Preserving,Candying
Anonymous English pdf
http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/bookshelf/details.html?bookid=10
1615 or 17?
EnglandA New Booke of Cookerie
John Murrell English Text
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/1615murr.htm
1616
DenmarkKoge Bog [Cook Book]
Trans. Martin Forest Danish English Text
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/cooking/1616.html
1619
NetherlandsA new herbal or Historie of plants
Dodoens, Rembert. Dutch English (viaFrench)Scanned pages
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k987747
1629
EnglandParadisi in paradisus terrestris
Parkinson, John English Scanned pages
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97995h
1652
EnglandEnglish Physitian (Herbal)
Culpeper English
http://www.harvestfields.netfirms.com/HerbBooks/01/bkh00/cl1/index.htm
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English Table of Contents with linksto individual recipes
http://www.bibliomania.com/4/-/frameset.html
1653
EnglandCompleat Angler
Isaak Walton English Some comments aboutcooking fish.
http://www.farreaches.org/fishing/izintro.html
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English also at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/w/walton/izaak/
1653
EnglandA Book of Fruits and Flowers shewing TheNature and Use of them, either for Meat orMedicine
English Table of Contents with linksto individual recipes
http://www.harvestfields.ca/HerbBooks/01/026/00.htm
1655, 1658
EnglandCompleat Cook
W.M English 1658; Scanned pages andtext. Note: is part of TheQueen's Closet Opened.
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw0172
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English Text
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10520
1655, 1658,1671
EnglandQueens Closet Opened
W.M English Scanned pages: Trilogy,includes Compleat Cook.
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw0171
1661, 1665
FranceLes délices de la campagne
N Bonnefons French Scanned Pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw018
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Scanned Pages of thechapter on Eggs
http://williamrubel.com/wp-content/uploads/bonnefons_delices_eggs.pdf
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1665, Second ed.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1088619
1669
EnglandThe Closet of the Eminently Learned ….
Digby English
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16441
1669, 1771
NetherlandsDe verstandige kock (The Sensible Cook)
Dutch seven recipes trans intoEnglish by Peter Rose
http://www.kookhistorie.com/
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1771; Scanned Pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw035
1671
EnglandQueens Delight; conserves, candying etc
W.M EnglishText
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15019
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also at
http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/cookbooks/queens/delight.htm
1672
EnglandQueenlike Closet
Woolley English Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw021
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English Text
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14377/14377-8.txt
1675
EnglandGentlewoman's Companion ..Guide to FemaleSex
Woolley English Text: links to chapters
http://chaucer.library.emory.edu/cgi-bin/sgml2html/wwrp.pl?act=contents&f=%2Fdata%2Fwomen_
1675
EnglandThe English House-wife …
Gervase Markham English Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw022
1680
FranceLe Cuisinier Francois ….
La Varenne, FrançoisPierre deFrench Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw023
1683
EnglandEnglish Housewife ...
Markham, Gervase English Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw022
1685
EnglandAccomplisht Cook
Robert May English Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw025http://www.ibiblio.org/ahkitj/section27/gallery/v/1685-obadiah-
1686
AustriaEin Koch- Und Artzney-Buch
German Text: Austria's first cookbookin print
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/graz2.htm
1699
EnglandAcetaria; A Discourse on Sallets; 1st ed
Evelyn,John English Text
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15517/15517-8.txt
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English also at
http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/Discourse/Discourse.htm
17th C
Romania"The Book where I write dishes ... for fast andnon-fast days..."
Romanian English
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Romanian-ckbk-art.html
1705 circa
AmericaD.Petre; Her Cookbook
http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/diaries/doro/medicine/
1716
FranceNouvelle instruction pour les confitures, lesliqueurs et les fruits...
Massialot, François FrenchScanned Pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw036
1717
FranceLe Nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois...
Massialot, François French Scanned Pages, Vol 1
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw037
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Vol. 2
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw038
1731
AmericaBook for Receipts
English Scanned pages ofhandwritten MS
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/mss/pdf/CUBG.pdf
1728,1732,1762
EnglandCountry Housewife and Ladies Director ..
Richard Bradley English From sixth edition
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/hwife10.txt
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English1728 and 1732 editions in pdf
http://online-media.uni-marburg.de/germanistik/gloning/mcdh/bradley/bradley.htm
1736
EnglandThe London and Country Brewer
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8900
1720-40
EnglandReceipts of Pastry and Cookery
http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/codex/public/PageLevel/index.cfm?WorkID=44
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English Transcription of thehandwritten SCETI MS.
http://kidderereceiptsofpastry.blogspot.com/
1750
FranceDictionnaire des alimens, vins et liqueurs:leurs qualite's, leurs effets, relativement aux…
M.Briand FrenchImages; search facility
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC18128030&id=L24tHKGi8vsC&pg=RA6-PA1&lpg=RA6-PA1&dq=intitle:cuisine&as_brr=1
1750
EnglandCountry Housewife's Companion
William Ellis English Text
http://www.harvestfields.ca/CookBooks/002/02/00.htm
1750
Les Dons de comus, ou l'art de la cuisine :reduit en pratique
Marin, FrançoisScanned Pages, Vol 1
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw51
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Vol. 2
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw52
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Vol. 3
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw53
1751
Dictionnaire universel d'agriculture et dejardinage, de fauconnerie, chasse, pêche,cuisine et manège...
1755
SpainArte de reposteria ….
Mata, Juan de la. Spanish
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw62
1758, 1765
PortugalArte de cozinha dividida em tres partes …
Rodrigues, Domingos Portuguese
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw55
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1765 edition
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw59
1763
Spain/CataloniaArte de cocina, pasteleria, vizcocheria yconservaria
Martínez Montiño,FranciscoCatalan Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw57
1764
EnglandEnglish Housewifery Exemplified
E. Moxon English Scanned pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw58
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English Text
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/m/moxon/elizabeth/english/
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English Text
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10072
1766
SpainArte cisoria, ó Tratado del arte del cortar delcuchillo.
Villena, Enric d'Aragó,Marquès deSpanish Scanned Pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw60
1767
FranceDictionnaire portatif de cuisine, d'office et dedistillation …
French Scanned Pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw61
1768
FranceL'Art de de bien faire les glaces d'office ouLes vrais principes pour congeler …
French Scanned Pages
http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw54
1768
FranceLe Cannameliste français, ou Nouvelleinstruction pour ceux qui désirentd'apprendre l'office, rédigé en forme dedictionnaire, …
Gilliers, Joseph French
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k105074g
1774
EnglandThe art of cookery, made plain and easy
Glasse, Hannah English ftp
http://www.archive.org/details/artofcookerymade00glasrich
1777
FranceAvis aux bonnes ménagères des villes et descampagnes, sur la meilleure manière de faireleur pain
Parmentier, AntoineAugustinFrench
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k108966h
1790
FranceLa cuisine de santé, ou Moyens faciles &économiques de préparer toutes nosproductions alimentaires de la manière la plusdélicate …
Lecointe, Jourdan French Vol 1
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k110865v
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French Vol 3
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k110867m
1796
EnglandMrs Benet,Lathrop Lodge Her Recipes
Mrs Benet English Text: links to individualrecipes
http://www.soupabooks.com/cookery%20index.htm
1798
AmericaAmerican Cookery
Amelia Simmons English
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/index.html
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also at
http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/cookbooks/004/001.htm
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also at
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12815
18thC
FranceLa cuisine renversée, ou Le nouveau ménage
Cointeraux, François France
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1106924
18thC
FranceLes dons de Comu, ou l'Art de la cuisine,réduit en pratique …
Marin, François France 3 volumes
http://gallica.bnf.fr/
1803
AmericaFrugal Housewife …
Susannah Carter English
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/index.html
1806
EnglandUniversal Cook city country
F Collingwood English
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC07531361&id=RgS5i7dOF50C&pg=RA9-PA1&lpg=RA9-PA1&dq=Universal+Cook+city+country&as_brr=1
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