EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. CLXIX. `Medicus Itinerarius in Privatum Authoris usum conscriptus'; 1651. Medical notes, calligraphically written by Evelyn's scribe, Richard Hoare, with the later note by Evelyn, `This Trifle from p: 89 is muche out of Senectus: It is all full of Errors & needs correct...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXII. `Trades. Secrets & Receipts Mechanical, as they came casualy to hand. Alphabetically plac’d according to the subsequent Table'; [1650s]. Partly autograph, but some entries in other hands. With an alphabetical list of the trades at the beginning (f. 2); after t...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXVIII. Treatise on natural philosophy and chemistry; [aft. 1660?]. Autograph draft, including several pen and ink sketches of the laboratory equipment. Imperfect and fragmentary at the end. Most of this text is based on a course in chemistry by Nicasius Le Fèvre, stud...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXIX. `Coelum sanitatis. or, a Particular of the Vegetable & Animal Dissolvant'; [1650s-1660s]. Autograph copy or translation. Account of the chemical preparation and curative properties of a quintessential remedy, of which Evelyn remarks (f. 53), `this is for all o...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXX. Medical and culinary recipes; 1651-18th cent. In four sections, of which `Book I' is headed `Receipts Medicinal', `Book II', `Receipts Chirurgical', `Book III', `Receipts of Preserves and Perfumes', and `Book IIII' `Receipts of Cookery'. Each section begins with ent...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXIV (ff. 176+87*+169*). Miscellaneous papers by or collected by Evelyn, relating to language, education, heraldry, etc.; including fragmentary works and notes. For related material, removed from the archive by William Upcott, see Add. MS 15950, ff. 81-105, 111-121. 1. ...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXIV. 'A Booke of Promiscuous Notes & Observations concerning Husbandry, Building &c', with 'Gardens; Horses' added underneath; [1650s-1670s?]. Autograph. The notes have been entered under the general headings specified below, on the right-hand pages with a note ...