[Annotations to Every man his own physician]

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800.

Medicine.

Medicine, Popular--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Popular.

Genre:

prescriptions.

Annotations.

Hybrid books.

Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Dean Cooke Rare Books Ltd. (Bristol, England), 2021.

Physical Description:

60 leaves : paper ; 202 x 130 mm bound to 210 x 135 mm + 8 notes.

Place of Publication:

[England?], [1764-1830?]

Summary:

Extensive additions of remedies to an interleaved copy of John Theobald's Every man his own physician (London: W. Griffin, 1764). Annotations appear on many of the interleaved pages, often keyed to the printed remedies on the facing page with the same symbol accompanying the annotation and marking the relevant point in the printed text. Additional remedies are written on the endleaves and on 8 loose notes, seven of which are affixed to leaves with straight pins. A few annotations are dated: 27 July 1788 (following p. 24), 23 August 1825 (following p. 34), and 29 November 1828 (verso following p. 48), More are attributed to unidentified names such as Mrs. Gay, Mrs. Hare, and Mrs. Grimwood, and at least one is attributed to another printed source, The village doctor (following p. 36), possibly referring to James Scott's The village doctor: or the art of curing diseases rendered familiar and easy, first published in London in 1824.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Printed work paginated; interleaved pages unnumbered. All references in this record are in relation to printed pagination.

Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.

Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) quarter calf over marbled paper boards; 5 raised bands on spine; front cover detached.

Origin: Annotations probably written in England from after the book's publication in 1764 into at least the late 1820s.

For more detailed information on the printed portion of this volume, see the record under the title Every man his own physician : being, a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies, for every disease incident to the human body : with plain instructions for their common use : necessary to be had in all families, particularly those residing in the country.

Local Notes:

Purchased with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

OCLC:

1374034319

Online:

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