Manuscript concludes with a table of contents, "A poem in fashion after my late lord's decease" that begins, "As I walkd by my self, Thus I saide to my self....;" and a letter to the young Earl Fitzwilliam signed, "John Catlin, Living in Stepney, Nort...
Description:
Binding: contemporary full panelled calf.
Subject (Name):
Fitzwilliam, William Fitzwilliam,--Earl,--1719-1756
Subject (Topic):
Astrology and health, Authors and patrons--Great Britain, Conduct of life, Cosmology, English poetry--18th century, Health, Moral education, Youth--Conduct of life, and Youth--Health and hygiene
Autograph manuscript, on paper, containing 72 pages of medical, chemical and household recipes and formulas. Contents include many medical recipes, such as traditional herbal washes, broths, salves, oils and pills for specific ailments, including bald...
Description:
Robert Paston, first Earl of Yarmouth (1631-1683), English politician, collector of art, books, and curios, and scientist. One of the Original Fellows of the Royal Society, he conducted alchemical experiments with Thomas Henshaw and studied the medica...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Paracelsus, 1493-1541 and Yarmouth, Robert Paston, Earl of, 1631-1683.
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Alchemy, Chemistry, Cooking, English, Health, Iatrophysical school, Medicine, Medicine, Popular, Recipes, Traditional medicine, Workshop recipes, Early works to 1800, and Intellectual life
