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[Medicinal herbal].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 1730
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Astier, Guillaume, creator.
- Language:
- French
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Herbals.
- Pressed plants.
- Manuscripts, French -- 18th century.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Le Zograscope (Paris), 2022.
- Physical Description:
- 74 leaves : paper, botanical specimens ; 225 x 165 mm bound to 235 x 190 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [France], 1759.
- Language Note:
- French.
- Biography/History:
- Surgeon (chirurgien, f. 1r, 74v), perhaps the surgeon Astier of Demandolx in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence tried for infanticide in 1779 (Archives civiles des Basses Alpes (Série B, Volume 1); Le Zograscope).
- Summary:
- Herbal with one, two, or three pressed plants displayed on the recto of each leaf, inserted through slits in the paper, usually with brief notes about their vernacular names, medicinal properties, and usage written on the page. The plants include burnet, St. John's wort, wormwood, lungwort, bindweed, plantain, strawberry, borage, scarlet pimpernel, cinquefoil, angelica, bitter chicory, lavender, lemon balm, fennel, larkspur, celandine, caltrop, white bindweed, stock, sedge thistle, hemp, white dead-nettle, wild marjoram, watercress, crosswort, dock, marshmallow, goosefoot, violet, betony, lily of the valley, dandelion, groundsel, currants, and thyme. The volume is in good condition but the botanical specimens are extremely fragile.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Foliation: Paper, 74; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto, [1-74]. Collation undetermined due to fragility of botanical specimens.
- Layout: 1-3 specimens on the recto of each leaf with notes written below most specimens.
- Script: Specimen captions written in cursive script by Guillaume Astier.
- Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) parchment with two leather ties at the fore edge of the front cover, remnants of two ties on the back cover, and illegible writing in ink on the front cover.
- Origin: Written in France in 1759 (f. 1r).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.
- Cited as:
- Guillaume Astier Medicinal Herbal (Ms. Coll. 1730). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1579432526
- Access Restriction:
- Access to this item is subject to staff review.
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