Receipt-Book: 17th century

Date:
Early 17th century
Reference:
MS.635
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Receipt-Book: 17th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of medical and cookery receipts.

Publication/Creation

Early 17th century

Physical description

1 volume 154 pp. + 4 bl. ll. 4to. 191/2 x 15 cm. Original limp vellum covers. Five leaves are wanting at the beginning; pp. 127/128 and the last (blank) leaf have been almost entirely torn out, corner of pp. 91/92 torn off: badly stained throughout and margins frayed. The covers are from a portion of a 17th cent. Indenture.

Acquisition note

Purchased at Sotheby's 26/7/1923. Lot 431 (part).

Location of duplicates

This recipe book has been digitised and images are linked to the catalogue record. In addition, a microfilm copy is held as AMS/MF/224.

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).

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  • 42614