"Nuskas": alchemical and chemical receipts, mostly translated from Hindi, with material on gems.
- Date:
- c.1850.
- Reference:
- MS.3601
- Part of:
- Monckton, Edward Henry Cradock (1812-1878)
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Book of Nuskas (alchemical and chemical receipts) translated from Hindustani. Receipts for making artificial gems. Compiler's holograph MS. The last section contains the receipts for artificial gems, beginning at the other end of the volume. Signature of Monckton inside lower cover.
Publication/Creation
c.1850.
Physical description
65 ll. 8vo. 18x111/2 cm. Original quarter-calf binding, damaged. Some leaves have been torn out.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1920 (accession 40340)
Notes
Catalogue entry prepared by Access to Archives mark-up staff from published finding aids (with additional information provided by Christopher Hilton) and edited for inclusion in Wellcome Library database by Christopher Hilton.
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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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores