Publisher: France (likely Burgundy/Lorraine, given armorial evidence): Manuscript (not printed), 1690–1720.

Edition: Manuscript on paper, French, late 17th–early 18th century.

Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label (“REMEDE”), rubbed and worn with losses at head and tail, joints cracked but holding. Corners rounded, surface scuffed. Attractive marbled endpapers. Text block fresh, in a neat, legible cursive hand with rubricated sectioning.

Description: A substantial and carefully organized French medical recipe book, late 17th–early 18th century, divided into two parts with separate tables of contents (ca. 60–70 remedies in total). Remedies are neatly written in ink with ruled margins, rubrication, and flourished headers, demonstrating a deliberate, “finished” compilation rather than casual notes.

Condition: Fair to Good. Binding rubbed, joints cracked, spine chipped, but complete and unsophisticated. Marbled endpapers attractive. Text block clean and fresh, ink bold and legible, with neat tables of contents. Wax seal intact though with minor cracks.

Annotation: Handsome two-part French manuscript medical recipe book (c. 1690–1720), c. 60–70 remedies, in contemporary calf with marbled endpapers and a large red wax armorial seal (quarterly, chevron with cinquefoils). A comprehensive vernacular manual of early modern domestic medicine.

Item #169

Price: $9,000.00