Extensive collection of French medical and other recipes.

6 (of 7) vol., c. 19 x 15 cm: 1168 pp., [20] ff. (tables), 98 pp., incl. a number of blanks (missing vol. 3 = pp. 368-555).

Contemp. vellum (hair side), front cover titled in ink, flat spines, decorated edges, cloth ties, last vol. in later vellum (vol. 6 dampstained). Good condition.

Contains: "Extrait des Aphorismes d’Hypocrate", "Ecole de Salerne", "Remedes contre les maladies de l’estomac, dents […]", "Remedes contre goute, grauelle […] pierres des reins […]","Maux des yeux, ulceres inflammatoires […]", "Bouillons ptsiannes, purgatifs […] contre la peste […]", "Tables" [some 20 ff.], additional vol.: "Bonnes choses à savoir et à avoir. Vertues et usages du cordial Manuchal […]".