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![[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet. 1672]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzIvMDEvMDEvZW5ncmF2ZWQtZnJvbnRpc3BpZWNlLXNob3dpbmctNS1jb29raW5nLXNjZW5lcy1hbmQtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1oYW5uYWgtd29sbGV5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/316/jpg "[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet. 1672]")
![[Hand written initial page from Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet, (recipe for orange pudding?) 1672]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzIvMDEvMDEvaGFuZC13cml0dGVuLWluaXRpYWwtcGFnZS1mcm9tLWhhbm5haC13b2xsZXktdGhlLXF1ZWVuLWxpa2UtY2xvc2V0LXJlY2lwZS1mb3ItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/71/webp "[Hand written initial page from Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet, (recipe for orange pudding?) 1672]")
![Wales L. Egerton & Co's ladies and gents dining rooms [menu] [1866].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvd2FsZXMtbC1lZ2VydG9uLWFuZC1jb3MtbGFkaWVzLWFuZC1nZW50cy1kaW5pbmctcm9vbXMtbWVudS0xODY2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/63/webp "Wales L. Egerton & Co's ladies and gents dining rooms [menu] [1866].")
![[Wilhelm Cuno, 1876-1933, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvd2lsaGVsbS1jdW5vLTE4NzYtMTkzMy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Wilhelm Cuno, 1876-1933, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore, title page and illustration]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjcvMDEvMDEvbWFydGhhLWZpbmxleXMtZWxzaWUtZGluc21vcmUtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1hbmQtaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore, title page and illustration]")
![[Mary Roberts Rinehart, lifting lid of pot on stove, and chef standing alongside]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS1yb2JlcnRzLXJpbmVoYXJ0LWxpZnRpbmctbGlkLW9mLXBvdC1vbi1zdG92ZS1hbmQtY2hlZi1zdGFuZGluZy1hbG9uZ3NpZGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Mary Roberts Rinehart, lifting lid of pot on stove, and chef standing alongside]")
![[Title page of "A Feast for Wormes" 1642 [Jonah] by Francis Quarles, and wood engraving portrait of the author]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NDIvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1hLWZlYXN0LWZvci13b3JtZXMtMTY0Mi1qb25haC1ieS1mcmFuY2lzLXF1YXJsZXMtYW5kLXdvb2QtZW5ncmF2aW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Title page of \"A Feast for Wormes\" 1642 [Jonah] by Francis Quarles, and wood engraving portrait of the author]")
