Receipt-Book, Italian: 18th century

Collection of medical receipts, in Italian. Perhaps originally part of a Pharmacist's Prescription book. With indented alphabet. The main section to p. 302 is written by an illiterate hand of the early 18th cent. The last 18 ll. are on different paper and perhaps written c. 1750 or later. This MS. may originally have formed part of MS. 4109 and has perhaps been cut down in rebinding.

Early 18th century

1 volume 1 bl. l. + 302 pp. + 9 ff. + 9 ll. (last 5 bl.). tall 8vo. 28 × 8 cm. Modern half-vellum binding.

Purchased 1932.

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).