Funck

Sur la distillation. There are 94 numbered receipts in French for liqueurs, cordials, etc., written by the same hand. On the third leaf from the end are notes of the birth of three children in the Funck family between 1768 and 1774, also by this hand. At the beginning and end of the volume are entries by various hands in German, dated between 1787 and 1797, relating to payments made to 'Wittib Funck' by various members of the family.

c. 1770

1 volume pp. 66-100 + 79 pp. + 5 ll. 4to. 20 × 16 cm. Original calf binding worn. The first 65 pp. are wanting, though the present text seems to be complete Written mainly on the rectos only.

Purchased 1936.

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).