Crab, Roger (1621?-1680)
- Date:
- 1843
- Reference:
- MS.1902
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
"The life of Roger Crab the English Hermit or Wonder of the Age. 1655. Copied from an old Pamphlet preserved in the British Museum."
Illustrated with a copy of an engraved portrait 'from an unique print in the Collection of James Rindley Esqre. Published by W. Richardson, York House, Strand'.
Armorial bookplate of William Robinson (1777-1848), the London topographer, who is perhaps the transcriber of this MS.
Publication/Creation
1843
Physical description
1 volume 32 ff. 4to. 281/2 x 22 cm. Original boards, worn.
Acquisition note
Purchased at Sotheby's 15/12/1930, Lot 107 (part).
Biographical note
Crab was an eccentric vegetarian and quack-doctor [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
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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Accession number
- 73349