[Alchemy/ pharmacy c. 1700] Manuscript recipe book,

c. 1700-1725, on paper with watermark arms of Amsterdam, (2),45 leaves partly written on one side and partly on both sides [numbering omits 19], and 21 blank leaves, contemporary vellum, small folio.

Part of the block (probably blank) has been cut out, lacks front board. Manuscript itself in good condition. With dated recipes, e.g. "februarij 1686", "Succemum of Barnsteen (...) hebbe ik aldus bereijd den 14 Feb 1697" and "Anno 1723 hebbe ik nog een compositie van sweetpillen gemaakt". Extraordinary and impressive recipe book with extensive descriptions (partly with alchemical symbols and with names of patients) for the preparation of e.g. the following recipes: "Sout van Wijnsteen", "Sout van Hertshoorn", "Stael ofte ijser tr., Mars tingens ofte de tinctuur van stael", "Succemum of Barnsteen", "Opium hebbe ik aldus gesuyvert", "Essens van opium" (several recipes), "Sweet-pille" (with mention of Dr Sterkey's pill), "Pille tegens de gebreeken van d'lijfmoeder als opstijging, senuwtrekking (...) en andere quale der hersenen", "Borst electuarium", "Elixers tomachale en tegens de pest", "Essens van tabak", "Olij van quiksilver", "Ogewater seer expert en aan veele geaprobeert", "Steen poeyer. De vrou die Hendrik van der Elburg sijn quade voet genesen heeft (...).", "Kanker in de borst", "Plaaster van Mr. van Dijk", "Tinctura Lunae" and "Voor de aambeyen".