Anne Boys her Booke
1648
Anne Boys (17th century)
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 20.6 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm (8 1/8 x 6 x 15/16 in.)
Accession Number
2000.739
Medium or Technique
Manuscript
Not On View
Classifications
Manuscript bound in calf. Book of recipes and household formulae. Dated 2 May 1648. The first 52 pages are in Anne Boys’ fine copperplate hand. Later additions are in various hands. The sources of many of the recipes are noted.
Provenance
Ann Durrant (early 19th century); John Mercer Durrant Platt; Lloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, MA; her bequest to MFA, June 2000.
Credit Line
The Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection