Manuscript on botany, entitled `Manuel de botanique ou Principes pour connoitre les Plantes que la nature produit leurs Noms, Caracteres, Et Vertus. MDCCXXXVI’.
Scope and Contents
Under each plant, there is a brief note about its habitat, but most of the entry concerns its medicinal uses. The text is followed (folio 215) by an appendix, indices of names in Latin and French, and an index of diseases. Folios 272-279 contain miscellaneous medical recipes, some of which have been written on loose sheets of paper and inserted.
The inscription `J.B.M. Guidi scripsit anno 1757 et 1758` occurs on folio 271 verso, and the title-page (folio 1) bears his initials and the words `Mr Guidi Payeur des Rentes 1758`. A 19th-century inscription, `M. Tait chez M. Ailland, Quai de Voltaire` occurs inside the front flyleaf.
Dates
- Creation: 1757-1758.
Language of Materials
French; Latin
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (279 + 9 blank folios. Quarto.)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
French 18th-century binding of red morocco, gilt-tooled.
Custodial History
The binding has an armorial stamp and the coronet of a Viscount. The owner of the stamp was probably the same man who owned number 2075 in ‘Manuel ... de reliures armoriées’.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 25 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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