Dillenius, Justus Friedrich (1644-1720)

Varii variarum atque specialium compositionum medicarum modi, seu descriptiones. In German and Latin. Author's holograph MS. The second preliminary leaf contains a 'Verzaichnüs aller mein Justi Dillenii von mein und meiner hausfrawen Annen Margarethen Müllerin ... erwerbten und erkaufften güthern, an Neingarten, Pflanzgarten, Arkern, Wiesen undt andern'. Only the title of this has been written. On p. 111 there is an entry for a 'Specificum anti-epilepticum germani fratris mei D[omini] G[eorgii] Dillenii'. The British Library catalogue has an entry for a 'Dissertatio medica' by Georg Daniel Dillenius, dated 1689. The date 1711 is found on p. 124.

c. 1710

1 volume 4 ll. first & last bl.. + 141 pp. + 52 bl. ll. + 6 ll. tall 8vo. 25 x 121/2 cm. Original stamped vellum binding. Headings underlined in red.

Purchased 1932.

The author qualified M.D. at Giessen University and afterwards practised in Darmstadt. In 1688 he was appointed professor of medicine at his native University.

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).

An autograph letter, dated 19 May, 1926, from S[ydney] A[lfred] Skan, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is inserted. It is addressed to a Mr. Knowles, and refers to G. D. Dillenius who is stated to be unknown. Pasted inside the upper cover is a printed address of G[eorge] M[atthews] Arnold of Milton Hall, Gravesend [1826-1908].