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Shrowl, James. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Shrowl, James
- Shrowl, James
- Date:
- c. 1625-c. 1750
- Reference:
- MS.749
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Collection of 14 manuscripts containing medical, cookery and other receipts; by various 17th and 18th cent. hands: mainly in English, but with some entries in Latin and French. Some of the MSS. are incomplete as noted below.
Publication/Creation
c. 1625-c. 1750
Physical description
1 volume 362 ll. folio. 30 x 20 cm. 18th cent. quarter calf binding. First leaf loose.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased 1931.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of The Recipe books digitisation project.
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
Pasted inside the upper cover is the name James Shrowll, apparently part of a printed bill-head, and perhaps the name of the original owner of this collection. The signature of 'J. Hodgkin Dec. 9th, 1914' is inscribed in pencil above this.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 56608