Receipt-Book, German: 18th century

Note-book in German by various hands, containing medical, alchemical and chemical receipts and extracts. Part of the volume contains a Hebrew grammar. On the verso of leaf 59 is the date 1784. There are also a few notes on military organization.

Late 18th century

1 volume 67 ll. 8vo. 161/2 × 91/2 cm. Original quarter-calf binding damaged. Some leaves torn out at the end.

Purchased 1930.

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).