Cosmetics
- Date:
- 1596
- Reference:
- MS.218
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Collection of receipts mostly for cosmetics, perfumes, etc., with a few medical receipts. In Italian, with some entries in Latin. Lettered on the spine 'Recette pour la baute [sic]'. At the end of the text 'Finische 1596'.
Publication/Creation
1596
Physical description
1 volume 52 ll. 8vo. 181/2 x 13 cm. On vellum, late 17th cent. quarter calf binding. Upper cover of the third leaf torn away, and a piece cut from the top of the first fly-leaf.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1911.
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).
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 26187