Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 251

Price Realized: $ 1,625
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MANUSCRIPT.) A Treatise containing a short and easy Method, to preserve from the Plague, such as are Well, and to cure those that are infected. Written in the yeare 1665 by a very learned and skillfull Physician. manuscript in english, written in neat cursive hand with headings in roman, in black ink, recto and verso, on laid paper. [31] leaves, ruled in red throughout. 152x97 mm, contemporary marbled wrappers, lacking backstrip; contents generally clean; cloth chemise and worn calf slipcase. England, 18th(?) century

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Collection of medicinal recipes concluding with A Table of ye severall Ingredients to be used in ye foregoing medicines.