Grundmann, Johann Carl (& others)

Rezept-buch: in German and Latin, by several hands. Illustrated by a few rough pen-drawings of chemical apparatus, etc. Most of the receipts are iatro-chemical. This MS. has been entered under the heading of 'Grundmann' whose name appears on the first leaf with the date 'Schoenebeck 3te Juni, 1773', but the first half seems to have been compiled in the last quarter of the 17th cent. or earlier. The second half seems to be by various 18th cent. hands including that of Grundmann himself.

c. 1675-c. 1775

1 volume 1 l. + ff. 2-127 + pp. 128-211 + 24 ll. + 30 bl. ll. + 72 ll. tall 8vo. 211/2 × 8 cm. Original vellum binding worn. Ff. 1, 3, 57 are wanting, and some leaves have been torn out in the middle of the volume.

Purchased 1932.

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).

On the first leaf is an inscription: 'Angekauft I.V. 1914 für meine Bibliotheca mystica, Leipzig. H[einrich] Tränker' with his stamped monogram, which is also found on the inside of both covers.