Curd, P. de

Remedia collectanea, variis morbis propulsandis inservientia. Transcripta praecipue ex MSS. mihi communicato [sic] Haghaecomitis. Anno MDCLI. per P. de Curd. With other miscellaneous receipts and 'secrets'. Written mainly in French and Latin, with a few entries in English. Contents: Remedia collectanea (pp. 1-60); De lapidum preciosorum per artem confectione (pp. 61-85) (A receipt on p. 79 is dated 1662); Nota de florum artificio [etc.] (pp. 89-94); Varia (pp. 97-100); Secreta de piscatione et aucupio, etc. (pp. 101-109); Miscellaneous medical receipts (pp. 112-end). Produced in The Hague.

1651-1662

1 volume 2 ll. first bl.. + 122 pp. + 1 bl. l. 8vo. 15 x 9 cm. Original vellum covers, with flap. Lettered on the outside of the upper cover 'W.M.A.L.'

Purchased at Sotheby's 11/11/1910, Lot 356 (part).

From the library of Professor George Henslow [1854-1925].

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).