[Cookbooks] Manuscript cookbook/ artist's manual, c. 1800

with ± 130 pages filled with recipes, with a 4-page index and a "Liedeken op een aengenaeme wijze" and a few other songs at the end, with manuscript owner's entry of Petrus Nicolaus Nijsten dated "anno 1770" on upper pastdown, at the end genealogical data from members of the Nijsten family dated 1818-1851, contemporary vellum wallet-binding with envelope at the end and overlapping flap, front cover with "(...) Petrus Nicolaus Nijsten Anno 1777" in pen, small 8vo size.

Contents very good; traces of more envelopes (for loosely inserting additional recipes) at the beginning and end. Vellum warped and soiled, flap torn and lacks the tie. Probably by Petrus Nijsten (1742-1813) from Maastricht. We found a Petrus Nicolaas Nijsten, but he was born in 1802. Comprises not only a number of recipes for food (mostly for pastries), but also recipes for artists such as varnishes and paints. Some examples: "Speculatie", Spaens broot", "Bitter macarons", "Spritsen", "Bottramtiens", "Klijne marsipijn", "Marsipijne letters", "Sittards banquet", "Witte broots deeg", "Amsterdamse koek", "Toebakxs rollen", "Alle zoorte van zegellak", "Alle zoorte van schocolaet", Voor goud vernijs", "Spoaanse glans vernijs om alles te vernisten", "Om goud verf te maken", "Een lamp die een geheel jaar brand", "Om gips te branden", "Om gipse vormen te maken", "Om Porcelijn aen een te maken", "Om houd, teen of loot met bladergoud te vergullen", "Om glas te maken", "Om op glas te schrijven", "Om swarte en groene ink te maken die men niet kan zien als dat men wilt", "Maniere om swarte printen met olie verf af te zetten datse naar waare schilderye gelyken".