Receipt-Book, 18th century

Date:
Early 18th century
Reference:
MS.4055
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Receipt-Book, 18th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of medical receipts, with a few cookery receipts: by several hands. The entries by the original compiler, with index, end at p. 150: he seems to have been a physician.

Publication/Creation

Early 18th century

Physical description

1 volume 1 l. + 173 pp. + 13 ll. 8vo. 181/2 × 111/2 cm. Original calf binding. Pp. 155-158 have been torn out.

Acquisition note

Purchased at Sotheby's (Hornby Castle Sale), 3/6/1930, Lot 403.

Location of duplicates

Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/206.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Ownership note

From the Duke of Leeds' Library.

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  • 62936