[A collection of weekly bills of mortality. 19 Dec. 1665-17 Dec. 1700 / Made up from two sets, 1665-98 (6 vols.) and 1680-1700 (2 vols.).

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[A collection of weekly bills of mortality. 19 Dec. 1665-17 Dec. 1700 / Made up from two sets, 1665-98 (6 vols.) and 1680-1700 (2 vols.). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : [publisher not identified], [1668-1700]

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8 volumes ; (4to)

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Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Med. Soc. Lond. 17th century manuscript letters signed 'Wagstaffe' bound in at end of vol. 1. This book was formerly part of the collection of the Medical Society of London, which was deposited for safekeeping in the Wellcome Library in 1964. It was eventually purchased by the Wellcome Trust in 1984, with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and other charities.

Contents

Vol. i. 1665-68. Only nos. 28-53 of 1667-68 are original bills. For the remainder, details have been supplied in MS. on blank bills dated 1690. MS. transcripts of related contemporary documents at end. Vol. ii. 1668-73. All original except for nos. 11 and 37 of 1668-69, nos. 11-13, 28 and 39 of 1669-70 and nos. 25 and 47 of 1670-71, all of which have been supplied in MS. as before, together with a duplicate MS. bill for no. 1 of 1668-69. Vol. iii. 1673-78. No. 24 of 1673-74 is wanting. Nos. 18 of 1673-74, 35 of 1674-75 and 34 of 1675-76 are supplied in MS. as before. Vol. iv. 1678-84. No. 14 of 1680-81 is wanting. No. 13 of 1678-79 is supplied in MS. on a blank bill dated '168'. Some bills cropped at foot. Vol. v. 1684-90. From no. 46 of 1687-88 onwards, bills have imprint of B. Motte. Vol. vi. 1690-98. Nos. 10 of 1694-95 and 41 of 1695-96 defective. No. 1 of 1696-97 cropped at head. Vol. vii. 1680-90. No. 14 of 1680-81 is present in this vol. No. 29 of 1682-83 and nos. 28-36, 38 and 40-42 of 1688-89 are wanting. Vol. viii. 1690-1700. No. 30 of 1691-92 is wanting. No. 38 of 1696-97 is present in duplicate.

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