IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 MS.MSL.125 (a & b)
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Chemistry and Pharmacy
Date(s): late 18th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes: Vol. i (125A) 72 folios; Vol. ii (125B) 64 folios.
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Title; "Receuil (sic) d'Oeuvres d'Observations très Curieuses et Utiles dans L'Art de la Chymie." The manuscript belongs to the second half of the eighteenth century, is written throughout in French, and has probably been compiled from the popular books and pamphlets based on the writings of Albertus Magnus and similar authors, of which many were published during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There are elements influenced by astrology and alchemy.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
By volume
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Physical characteristics:
Folio. 32.5 × 20 cm. Original vellum binding.
Finding aids:
Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2008