Receipt-Book, Italian: 18th century

Collection of medical receipts and prescriptions: in Italian, by various hands. The 20 ll. contain an indented index. Interspersed among the receipts are notes on materia medica, in the form of question and answer.

Early 18th century

1 volume 20 ll. + 116 pp. tall 8vo. 281/2 × 10 cm. Modern vellum binding with leather tie.

Purchased 1935.

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).