Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
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Recipes from Codex Matritensis A16 (Ahora 19): Palaeographical Edition From a Black-on-White Facsimile (in Latin, with English notes and glossary; Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati, 1912), ed. by John M. Burnam (page images at HathiTrust)- The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion (14th edition; London: Printed for R. Ware et al., 1750), by E. Smith
- Compositiones Variae, From Codex 490, Biblioteca Capitolare, Lucca, Italy : An Introductory Study (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1939), by Rozelle Parker Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Country Housewife's Family Companion (originally published 1750), by William Ellis (HTML and PDF with commenary at soilandhealth.org)
- A Plain Plantain: Country Wines, Dishes, and Herbal Cures, From a 17th Century Household M.S. Receipt Book (Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1922), by Susanna Avery, ed. by Russell George Alexander (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
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Filed under: Formulas, recipes, etc.- Dr. Chase's New Receipt Book (Toronto: Rose Pub. Co., 1889), by A. W. Chase (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- The Household Cyclopedia of General Information, Containing Over Ten Thousand Receipts, in All the Useful and Domestic Arts (New York: T. Kelly, 1881), ed. by Henry Hartshorne (PDF with rexresearch.com; 14 MB)
- The Household Cyclopedia of General Information, Containing Over Ten Thousand Receipts, in All the Useful and Domestic Arts (Philadelphia: T. E. Zell, 1883), ed. by Henry Hartshorne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fortunes in Formulas, for Home, Farm, and Workshop (New York and Boston: Books, Inc., c1939), ed. by Gardner Dexter Hiscox and T. O'Conor Sloane (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Compendium of Cookery and Reliable Recipes (2 volumes in 1, revised, enlarged and illustrated; Chicago: Merchants' Specialty Co., 1890), by Mrs. E. C. Blakeslee, Emma Leslie, and S. H. Hughes
- The Effective Small Home (New York: R. M. McBride & company, 1917), by Lilian Bayliss Green
- The Milliners' Guide: A Complete Handy Reference Book for the Workroom, ed. by Julia Bottomley and Emma Maxwell Burke (page images at Wisconsin)
- Modern Curiosities of Art and Nature (London: Printed for M. Gilliflower and J. Partridge, 1685), by Nicolas Lémery
- Scammell's Universal Treasure-House of Useful Knowledge: An Encyclopedia of Valuable Receipts in the Principal Arts of Life (Salt Lake City: H. A. Hess, 1889), ed. by Henry Bucklin Scammell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets, by Daniel Young (Gutenberg text)
- How to Do Things: A Compendium of New and Practical Farm and Household Devices, Helps, Hints, Recipes, Formulas and Useful Information From The Farm Journal (Philadelphia: W. Atkinson Co., c1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Manual of Domestic Economy, or, House-Keeper's Guide: Comprising a Very Large Collection Of Original Recipes, Derived from the Practical Experience of the Author (Dayton, OH: J. Wilson, 1841), by George Girardey (page images at ohiomemory.org)
- The New London Family Cook: or, Town and Country Housekeeper's Guide (London: Printed for J. Cundee, 1808), by Duncan Macdonald
- Perfumery and Kindred Arts: A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1877), by R. S. Cristiani (multiple formats at archive.org)
- One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed (deluxe edition, 1907), by C. A. Bogardus (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Confederate Receipt Book: A Compilation of Over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times (Richmond: West and Johnston, 1863)
- The Southern Gardener and Receipt-Book: Containing Valuable Information, Original and Otherwise, on All Subjects Connected With Domestic and Rural Affairs, Gardening, Cookery, Beverages, Dairy, Medical, Veterinary, and Miscellaneous (third edition; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and co., 1860), ed. by Mary L. Edgeworth, contrib. by P. Thornton
- A Domestic Cook Book, Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen, by Malinda Russell, An Experienced Cook, Paw Paw, Michigan, 1866: A Facsimile of the First Known Cookbook by an African American (Ann Arbor: W. L. Clements Library, c2007), by Malinda Russell, ed. by Janice Bluestein Longone (page images at HathiTrust)
- The House Servant's Directory (Boston: Munroe and Francis; New York: C. S. Francis, 1827), by Robert Roberts (multiple formats with commentary at MSU)
- A Domestic Cook Book, Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen (Paw Paw, MI: Printed by T. O. Ward, 1866), by Malinda Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)
- The Whole Art of the Stage: Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, But Many Curious Observations About It, Which May Be of Great Use to the Authors, Actors, and Spectators of Plays, Together With Much Critical Learning About the Stage and Plays of the Antients (London: Printed for the author and sold by W. Cadman et al., 1684), by François-Hédelin Aubignac (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya (English translations only; 1921), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by S. Venkataramanan (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Analysis of Beauty: Written With a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste (London: J. Reeves, 1753), by William Hogarth (page images at Wisconsin)
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757), by Edmund Burke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Indagación Filosófica Sobre el Orígen de Nuestras Ideas Acerca de lo Sublime y lo Bello (in Spanish; Alcalá: Oficina de la Real Universidad, 1807), by Edmund Burke, trans. by Juan de la Dehesa (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Essay on the Beautiful (From the Greek of Plotinus) (London: J. M. Watkins, 1917), by Plotinus, trans. by Thomas Taylor (Gutenberg text)
- Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry, With Remarks Illustrative of Various Points in the History of Ancient Art (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887), by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, trans. by Ellen Frothingham
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, by Edmund Burke (HTML at Bartleby)
- Aristotle on the Art of Poetry (aka Poetics), by Aristotle, trans. by Ingram Bywater, contrib. by Gilbert Murray (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by S. H. Butcher (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Hamilton Fyfe (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (in Latin and English), by Horace, ed. by George Colman (Gutenberg text)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Rhys Roberts (HTML at Internet Classics)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by John Henry Freese (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- A Geographical Historie of Africa (London: G. Bishop, 1600), by Leo Africanus, trans. by John Pory
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (London: The author, 1789), by Olaudah Equiano
- Volume I: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume I, second edition: HTML at ECCO TCP
- volume II: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume II: HTML at ECCO TCP
- 2 volumes in 1: page images at HathiTrust
- Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading
- The Travels of Ibn Batūta;: Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies Preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, With Notes Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiques, &c Occurring Throughout the Work (London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829), by Ibn Batuta, ed. by Samuel Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions (new edition; London: J. Phillips, 1785), by Anthony Benezet
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
- The Voyage of Hanno: Translated, and Accompanied With the Greek text, Explained From the Accounts of Modern Travellers, Defended Against the Objections of Mr. Dodwell and Other Writers, and Illustrated by Maps from Ptolemy, d'Anville, and Bougainville (in Greek and English; London: Sold by T. Cadell, jun. and Davies, 1797), by Hanno, ed. by Thomas Falconer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. (Philadelphia: Commercial Museum, 1912), by Hanno, trans. by Wilfred H. Schoff (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap
- The History of the Long Captivity and Adventures of Thomas Pellow, in South-Barbary (second edition; London: Printed for R. Goadby and sold by W. Owen, ca. 1740), by Thomas Pellow (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner: Three and Twenty Years in Captivity Among the Moors (London: T. F. Unwin, 1890), by Thomas Pellow, ed. by Robert Brown
- A Complete History of Algiers; To Which is Prefixed, An Epitome of the General History of Barbary, From the Earliest Times, Interspersed With Many Curious Passages and Remarks, Not Touched on by Any Writer Whatever (London: Printed by J. Bettenham for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1731), by J. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa: Containing a Description of the Several Nations for the Space of Six Hundred Miles up the River Gambia (London: Printed by E. Cave for the author, 1738), by Francis Moore, contrib. by Bartholomew Stibbs and Leo Africanus (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
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