Mysterious Husband – A Novel. In Four Volumes. First Edition 1801. Photo: Courtesy of Chawton House Library.
Eye - 06 February 2015
From recipes to Light
by Eye
6th February 2015
Restoration and recipes
Quaker cookery books dating back to the 1700s are among thousands of volumes in need of restoration work.
Chawton House Library in Hampshire is a research and learning centre for the study of early women’s writing from 1600 to 1830. It is housed in the manor house once owned by Jane Austen’s brother, Edward Austen Knight.
