Charles Alston's Lectures

The three volumes, which are paged continuously from 1 to 1497 are throughout written in the autograph of Charles Alston (1683-1760), Professor of Botany at from 1720-1760. The heading is "Lectures on the Materia Medica. Begun in November 1720 and since several times revised, corrected and enlarg'd. By C. A." Wide margins have been left throughout, in which later additions have been inserted. The latest date is 1754.

C. 1720

3 volumes: Vol. i (98A) 227 folios; Vol. ii (98B) 237 folios; Vol. iii (98C) 284 folios. 4to. 25 × 19 cm. Modern binding.

For a student's abregée of these lectures, see MS. No. 101.

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).