Receipt-Book, French: 18th century

Collection of medical receipts, preceded by some domestic receipts, receipts for liqueurs, etc.: in French. Pp. 43-79 contain receipts for liqueurs, and for varnishes, etc.: the remainder of the volume is almost entirely medical. The date 1756 is found on p. 260.

c. 1760

1 volume pp. 43-314 + 11 ll. 4to. 211/2 × 161/2 cm. Original vellum binding. Pp. 1-42, 258/9, 264-267 have been torn out.

Purchased 1909.

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).