Receipt-Book, Italian: 16th century

Date:
c. 1565
Reference:
MS.656
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Receipt-Book, Italian: 16th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of receipts and remedies mainly in Italian, with a few in Latin. Written mainly by two hands: the original in an upright script, with somewhat later additions in an italic hand. The date 1565 occurs on p. 47.

Publication/Creation

c. 1565

Physical description

1 volume pp. 9-412 [? 312]. 8vo. 141/2 x 101/2 cm. Modern boards. Pp. 1-8, 193-288, 403/404, are wanting according to the numeration; but the pagination is irregular, and the total number of pages probably should be 312 and not 412.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1923.

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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  • 42952