Record

RefNoRB/2/2
Previous numbersMS/22
LevelFile
Title'Excerpta made out of severall Authors. AD 1663': a commonplace book. Extracts from travel books, medical works and books on natural philosophy.
Date1663
Description8o. Vellum bound. Paginated to p. 185; 248 pp. in total, 6 blank page at end. Endorsed by Miles on cover: 'some few Leaves of Coal pits damps &c managing Colchester Oysters', although these topics nowhere appear in the volume.
LanguageEnglish, Latin
Extent284 pages
FormatManuscript
NotesSeveral leaves removed between pp. 126 and 127, and another between pp. 226 and 227.
AccessStatusOpen
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