Quarto delle riccette

A collection of medical receipts in Italian: mainly written by two hands. Many of the entries are for antidotes to poison. The date 1720 appears on the verso of the third leaf from the end. The title given above is inscribed on the upper cover.

c. 1720

1 volume 80 pp. + 18 ll. + 16 pp. + 23 ll. 4to. 25 × 18 cm. Original paper covers, damaged. Five leaves torn out at the end.

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).