[Medical recipe book]

Abstract:

Collection of recipes for remedies, including powders, balms, pomades, syrups, and unguents, for curing wounds and ailments such as fevers, bladder stones, plague, heart palpitations, colic, rheumatism, and skin and eye conditions. The collection also includes esoteric entries such as powder of sympathy (supposedly a means of healing wounds at a distance, p. 1) and aids for longevity (p. 253, 289). Some of the recipes are followed by sections for "vertus et usage" and observations, but these often contain little information. A table of contents is at the end of the volume (p. 443-452). Attributions include M. de Caponai/Caponay (p. 1, 4, 107, 141, 145), M. de Grimaldi/Grimaldy (p. 9, 111), Madame la Marquise de Sailly (p. 67), Chevalier Talbot (p. 207), Capitaine Bastien (p. 213), Madame de Richelieu (p. 257), "Duguey horloger" (p. 266), and Madame de Beaulieu (p. 303).

Date:

1732

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Identifier:

9977137619803681; (OCoLC)on1351340624; (OCoLC)1351340624; (PUVoyagerBIBID)9977137619803681

Language:

French

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Lucette Arostegui (ownership inscription in ink upside down at end of volume).; Offered for sale by Harteveld Rare Books (Fribourg), catalogue 237 (2014?), no. 37, and catalogue 241, no. 38.; Sold by Deborah Coltham Rare Books (Kent, England), 2017.

Publisher:

[France], [after 1732]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281

Subject:

Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.; codices (bound manuscripts); prescriptions.; Recipes.; Manuscripts, French -- 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

234 leaves : paper; 230 x 165 (187 x 120) mm bound to 240 x 185 mm.

Personal Name:

Arostegui, Lucette, former owner.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; French.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Pagination: Paper, i + 234 + ii leaves; [i-xiv], 1-316, [317-454]; original pagination in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper outer corners.; Layout: Ruled for 24 long lines with vertical and horizontal bounding lines in faint red ink.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Full morocco wallet binding (Coltham) with metal lock on flap and front cover, lacking key, and ribbon marker.; Origin: Written in France after 1732 (p. 67).

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 2089

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.