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Horse Medicine, Italy, 16th-17th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Horse Medicine, Italy, 16th-17th century
- Date:
- Late 16th century - early 17th century
- Reference:
- MS.7022
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Description
A book of horse cures, by an anonymous author. ff. 3r.-15r. table of contents. ff. 15v.-17v. blank. ff. 18v.-117v. remedies in 485 chapters. ff. 117v.-118r. additional equine remedies but including an unguent for 'il mal francese'.
Publication/Creation
Late 16th century - early 17th century
Physical description
119 ff. (original pagination 1-201) 1 vol., 285 × 200 mm. Original paper covers, with vellum ties. Ownership inscription inside front cover erased. Another volume from the set, bearing similar shelf marks to MSS.7020-7021: vii h-3 (f. 2r.) in the same (?)18th cent. hand; H35 in pencil inside front cover in the same later hand, which has also written 'Von den Pferden' beneath.
Acquisition note
Purchased from Norman Comben, 1993.
Finding aids
Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.
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Accession number
- acc. 349151