References
- 1844 . The United States Practical Receipt Book: or Complete Book of Reference, for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Agriculturist or Housekeeper; Containing Many Thousand Valuable Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts , Philadelphia : Lindsay and Blakiston . As per this title
- The term ‘receipt’ will be used throughout in preference to ‘recipe’, as it is broader than the modern term, which suggests a reference to cookery only.
- Joseph Worrall compiler of The Domestic Receipt Book, IJ. Hartley, Rochdale, 2nd ed. 1832). admits in his preface that ‘receipt books in circulation are numerous; but another fact is equally certain, viz. that they have, in most cases, disappointed the expectations of those who have confided in them; because the articles they contain, have only been transferred from one publication to another, without any regard for their real excellence’
- That is, in the 55 domestic encyclopaedias dating from 1810 to 1966, and the additional half-dozen bibliophilic handbooks published between 1870 and 1980 which I was able to examine.
- Zaehnsdorf , J. W. 1890 . The Art of Bookbinding: a Practical Treatise , 157 London : George Bell & Sons .
- Cooley , A. J. 1846 . A Cyclopedia of Several Thousand Practical Receipts , 120 New York : Appleton .
- Baker , C. 1982 . “ ‘Practical methods for sun and artificial light bleaching paper’ ” . In AIC Book and Paper Group Postprints Milwaukee Branchick. T., Keyes, K., and Talk, C. F. ‘A study of the light bleaching of naturally aged paper by natural and artificial light’, AIC Preprints, Milwaukee, 1982, pp. 29ff; and Feller, R., Lee, S. E., and Bogard, J., ‘Bleaching by light; effect of pH on the bleaching or darkening of papers, both in the dry and immersed condition under visible and near ultraviolet radiation’, Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works on Paper Abstracts, Ottawa, Canada, 1988
- 1810 . The New Family Receipt Book , 55 London : Squire and Warwick .
- Cochrane , J. 1824 . Arcana of the Arts, or the Modern Receipt Book , 58 – 59 . London : A. K. Newman & Co. . printed for
- Holland , M. 1828 . The Modern Family Receipt Book , 76 Philadelphia : R. Desilver .
- MacKenzie , C. 1829 . MacKenzie's Five Thousand Receipts , 97 Philadelphia : James Kay .
- Youman , A. E. 1872 . Dictionary of Everyday Wants , 500 New York : Frank M. Reed . and Hartshorne, H. The Household Cyclopedia of General Information, T. Ellwood Zell, Philadelphia, [1881], p. 309.
- Worrall . 20 127
- Francis , G. W. 1854 . The Dictionary of Practical Receipts , 122 London : J. Allen .
- Francis . 325
- Carlin , W. 1892 . Old Dr. Carlin's Recipes , 269 New York : F. Tennyson Neely .
- Zaehnsdorf . 157
- Francis . 161
- New Family Receipt Book 184
- Fessenden , T. 1820 . The Husbandman and Housewife , 136 Bellows Falls, VT : Bill Blake .
- Parker , M. 1824 . The Arcana Of Arts and Sciences Edited by: Grayson , J. 317 Washington, PA printed by
- Shep , R. L. 1980 . Cleaning and Repairing Books , 50 Lopez, WA : R. L. Shep .
- Wingate , R. 1977 . ‘Kitchen Chemistry in the Care of Books’ . A. B. Bookman's Weekly , Vol. 59 June 6 : 3507
- Harding , A. 1980 . Renovating Books , 16 Devon, , England : David & Charles .
- Prescott , J. H. 1845 . Valuable Receipts, or the Mystery of Wealth , 34 Boston : Mead & Beal .
- Byme , B. 1956 . Mending Books is Fun , 116 Minneapolis : Burgess .
- Coutts , H. T. 1911 . Manual of Library Bookbinding , 135 – 136 . London : Libraries Unlimited .
- 1885 . ‘How to Wash a Book Without Injury’ . Library Journal , 10 : 185
- Straight , M. W. 1900 . ‘Repairing of Books’ . Public Libraries , 5 : 89
- Zaehnsdorf . 164
- Homespun , P. 1818 . The Universal Receipt Book, , 2nd ed. , 271 Philadelphia : Isaac Riley .
- MacKenzie . 101 Worrall, p. 40, and Francis, p. 52
- 1913 . Audel's Household Helps, Hints, and Receipts , 171 New York : Theo Audel . and Cummings, W. L., The ‘Dollar Series’ Formula Book, n.p. Syracuse, 1924, p. 52
- David , W. K. 1889 . Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists, and Great Physicians , 24 Chicago : David . and Money-Making Formulas, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, (1949, p. 188
- Zemurray , S. 1944 . Useful Information for Every Household , 117 Boston : Ralph T. Hale .
- Shep . 53 – 54 .
- Homespun . 340 For further discussion of the restoration of writings in iron gall ink, see the Technical Note on ‘Folklore and Paper Restoration’ in American Archivist, 40, 1981, p. 379
- Blakelee , G. 1889 . Blakelee's Industrial Cyclopedia. , 230 New York : Baker & Taylor . The one-step formula is also called ferrocyanide of potash, prussic alkali, and phlogisticated alkali. Receipts for this formula are found in, The Good Housekeeping Discovery Book, No. 1, Phelps, New York, 1905, p. 275, MacKenzie, p. 394, and Wright, A. E., Three Thousand Receipts, Lindsay & Blakiston. Philadelphia, 1844, p. 174. The two-step method is recorded in MacKenzie, p. 197, My Reference Book, Knapp, Drewett & Sons, London, [191-], p. 186, New Family Receipt Book, p. 50, and Tilburn, E., Lee's Priceless Recipes, Albert Whitman, Chicago, 1934, p. 55
- 1888 . “ ‘Restoration of Books’ ” . In The Bookbinder Vol. 1 , 26 Tilburn, p. 55, and Zemurray, p. 85
- Coutts . 135
- 1861 . The Household Treasure , 33 Philadelphia : Barclay .
- Dick , W. B. 1872 . Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes , 54 New York : Dick & Fitzgerald . and Philp, R. K., A Dictionary of Daily Wants, Houlston & Sons, London, 1897, p. 172
- Audel's . 153 This method was in use at least 100 years earlier; the fumes of a ‘brimstone match’ are recommended in The New Family Receipt Book to remove fruit stains or iron moulds from cloth (p. 151. Sources for the remaining receipts are as follows
- Shep .
- Coutts . 135 similarly The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas, ed. Hopkins, A. A., Munn, New York, 1911, p. 342, Zaehnsdorf. p. 162. Coutts is also responsible for the hydrochloric acid receipt
- Shep . 47 Coutts, p. 135, Banister, M., Bookbinding as a Handicraft, Sterling, New York, 1975, p. 155, Riberholt, K., Bookbinding at Home, Thorsons, Wellingborough, 1980, p. 90, Brown, M. W., Mending and Repair of Books, American Library Association, Chicago, 1910, p. 18, Scientific American, p. 342, Pleger, J. J., Bookbinding, Inland Printer, Chicago, 1924, p. 81, Purtill, E. E., ‘Formulas for Cleaning Books’, Library Occurent, 2, no. 7, 1910, p. 140, Power, J., A Handy-book About Books, John Wilson, London, 1870, p. 48.
- Hiscox , G. D. , ed. 1907 . Henley's 20th Century Book of Formulas, Processes and Trade Secrets new ed. Books Inc., New York, 1965, p. 186, Coutts, p. 135, Library Journal, 10, p. 185, Scientific American, p. 342, Lang, A., The Library, MacMillan, London, 1881, p. 73
- Scientific American 342 similarly Zaehnsdorf, p. 163, Coutts, p. 135
- Buck . 34
- Shep . 52
- Coutts . 136
- Coutts . 137
- Coutts . 137 Buck, p. 33, Brown, p. 18, Spofford, A. R.,A Book for All Readers, Putnam, New York, 3rd ed. 1905, p. 129
- Shep . 64
- Buck . 32
- Coutts . 137 Shep, p. 47
- Buck . 34
- Coutts . 137 – 138 .
- Shep . 47
- Byrne . 117 On the same page, the author makes the following remark: ‘You'll have observed, I think, that I'm not exactly the conservative type. I think science is peachy, and I'm perfectly willing to try anything once. I'm the Salesman's friend, I am’
- Zemurray . 83 and Terhune, M. V., The Housekeeper's Week, Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1908, p. 171
- New Family Receipt Book 213 Power, p. 46 and Vertlieb, Z., Handy Household Hints, Exposition Press, New York, [1947]. p 40, Zemurray, p. 83, Buck, p. 93, and My Reference Book, p. 62, respectively
- Philp . 172
- Henley . 125
- Blake , J. L. 1850 . The Farmer's Everyday Book , 575 Auburn, NY : Derby, Miller, & Co. .
- Buck . 93
- Youman . 452
- Terhune . 160
- Henley . 425
- 1888 . ‘William Blades on the Enemies of Books’ . Library Journal , 13 : 295
- Shep . 54 55 The next quote from Shep is also from these pages
- Byrne . 110
- Scientific American. 404
- Shep . 52 Lang, p. 74, Power, p. 47, Francis, p. 209, Spofford, p. 130, Buck, pp. 56–57, and Terhune, p. 145
- Coutts . 129
- Riberholt . 90
- Shep . 45 Zemurray, p. 139
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