Receipt-Book, 17th century

Date:
c. 1675
Reference:
MS.4050
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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.

Mainly written by one hand, and partly on the rectos only. There are a few additions by late 17th cent. hands.

Publication/Creation

c. 1675

Physical description

1 volume 2 [4] ll. + 94 ff. + 15 ll. folio. 371/2 × 29 cm. Original blind-stamped rough-calf binding. The first and last leaves of the first index, ff. 16-18, 40, 41 are wanting: some leaves have been torn out before and after the last index.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1934.

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/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).

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  • 66860