Sold for:
$600
$600
Manuscript Recipe Book; Bangor, Maine, c. 1838. Quarto-format notebook with pastry and other recipes copied by W. Coombs of Bangor, Maine, beginning in January of 1838, and continued by others, with index; most recipes identified by their original author; notations suggest that the copyist's mother was Charlotte Le Breton (d.1863), originally of Newburyport, Massachusetts; Charlotte married John J. Coombs (d. 1856) of Bangor in 1835; 145 numbered pages, mostly filled, in contemporary half-leather and marbled boards, binding becoming detached, few preliminary leaves loose, 8 x 6 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
