Receipt-Book, French: 18th century

Collection of medical, household, and other receipts in French. The date 1780 occurs on pp. 30, 43, 77: on p. 49 a note, dated 1797 in pencil, has been added, and on p. 89 a 'Préparation d'une nouvelle composition de caffé. 1812'. Pp. 81-88 contain a short manual of infantry arms-drill dated 1790.

1780

1 volume 89 pp. + 48 bl. ll. 4to. 21 × 161/2 cm. Original limp vellum covers with flap.

Purchased 1928.

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).