Receipt-Book, French: 18th century

Date:
1780-1790
Reference:
MS.4085
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Receipt-Book, French: 18th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Collection of medical, domestic, and technical receipts in French, by various hands. This volume contains several incomplete 4to. receipt-books of different sizes, written by different hands, some very illiterate. The date 1780 is found on p. 103, and 'Paris 1790' on p. 144. On p. 91 is a Revolutionary song 'Les travaux d'Hercule réalisés par les parisiens' dated 1789: there are other verses on pp. 151, 164. P. 166, of which only the inner half remains, contains pen-drawn circular figures, which possibly illustrate the parts of a clock, but there seems to be no related text. There are many receipts for artificial gems, dyes, varnishes, etc.

Publication/Creation

1780-1790

Physical description

1 volume 232 pp. 4to. v.s. Modern boards.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1936.

Finding aids

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).

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  • 69495