[Veterinary and medical recipe book]

Name:

Theobald, John, -1760; Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772

Date:

1796

Description:

Manuscript volume with a collection of veterinary remedies for horses starting from one end (p. 1-74) and a copy of John Theobald's Every man his own physician starting from the other end (p. 75-134, starting from the end). Several of the horse remedies are copied from The gentleman farrier's repository of elegant and approved remedies for the diseases of horses by John Bartlet, printed repeatedly in the second half of the 18th century. Other unidentified attributions include Mr. Wm. Taplin, Barneys, London Dispensatory, Dr. Wilson, The gentleman's jockey, George King, J. Turner, Rackham, and Newmarket Jack. A table of contents for the first thirty pages precedes them (p. ii). Starting from the end of the volume are six pages of remedies for cows, followed by a table of contents and one more remedy (p. 142-135). The rest of this half of the volume is the copy of Every man his own physician, another work, on home medicine, that was printed repeatedly in the second half of the 18th century.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Formerly owned by James Smith (signature in ink and pencil, p. i); Sold at auction by Forum Auctions (London), 27 March 2020, lot 56.; Sold by Jonathan A. Hill (New York), 2020.

Relation:

The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281

Subject:

Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Veterinary prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); prescriptions; recipes; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

72 leaves : paper; 190 x 165 mm bound to 200 x 165 mm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1-74: Elegant and proved receipts for the diseases of horses -- f.75-134: Every man his own physician: approved remedies for every disease incident to the human body / by John Theobald -- f.135-142: Cows.; Pagination: Paper, 72 leaves; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, [i-ii], 1-30, [31-142], upper outer corners.; Layout: Ruled in pencil with a left vertical bounding line and a varying number of lines; quarto format.; Script: Written in cursive script by multiple hands.; Binding: Sheep-backed marbled boards with worn spine and covers nearly detached (Jonathan A. Hill).; Origin: Probably written in England, circa 1796 (title date, p. 1) to 1804 (p. 48).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2072

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund