Antique Recipe Book With Antique Eyeglasses

An 1845 handwritten American recipe book containing the ingredients and instructions for making a variety of sweet and savory foods, including these entries, one for a soft gingerbread tea cake and another for tomato ketchup. Photographed with a pair of antique Chinese folding eyeglasses and a green shagreen covered wood and metal eyeglass case from Shanxi Province.