GB 0120 MSS.1751-1752 - Common-Place Books, 18th cent.

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GB 0120 MSS.1751-1752

Title

Common-Place Books, 18th cent.

Date(s)

  • c 1725 (Creation)

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2 volumes

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On a fly-leaf of the first volume is the signature of 'Otho F. Wyer M.D. June 1867'. Pasted inside the upper cover is his armorial book-plate. Inside the upper cover of the second volume there is a signed note by him 'These 2 vols. of manuscript notes were given to me by the Revd. Robert Dalby, Vicar of Belton June 1867'. Otho Francis Wyer [1857-1916] was a physician of Leamington. Robert Dalby [formerly Blunt] [1808-1884], was Vicar of Belton from 1840 to 1869.

GB 0120 MSS.1751-1752 c 1725 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Various

On a fly-leaf of the first volume is the signature of 'Otho F. Wyer M.D. June 1867'. Pasted inside the upper cover is his armorial book-plate. Inside the upper cover of the second volume there is a signed note by him 'These 2 vols. of manuscript notes were given to me by the Revd. Robert Dalby, Vicar of Belton June 1867'. Otho Francis Wyer [1857-1916] was a physician of Leamington. Robert Dalby [formerly Blunt] [1808-1884], was Vicar of Belton from 1840 to 1869.

Purchased 1928.

Collection of extracts, receipts, and notes mostly from medical authors of the early part of the 18th cent.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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2 vols. 4to. 20 x 16 cm. Original quarter-calf bindings, worn. Margins cropped in binding.

Described in: 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).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Literary forms and genres Recipes Information sources Documents Manuscripts Commonplace books Literature Medical sciences

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Purchased 1928.

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Collection of extracts, receipts, and notes mostly from medical authors of the early part of the 18th cent.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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Latin

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Described in: 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).

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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