Abstract
THE manuscript of which a facsimile is presented in this volume was found some years ago by Mr. Weddell in a box of lumber. It contains much apothecaries' lore and housewifery dating from the first half of the seventeenth century, and was used, and partly written, by the Fairfax family. In a carefully-written introduction Mr. Weddell gives all necessary information about his treasure and about the persons with whom it has been associated. The facsimile is skilfully printed, and many of the medical receipts, and some of the instructions as to the baking of meats, are very curious and interesting.
Arcana Fairfaxiana.
With an Introduction by George Weddell. (Newcastle-on-Tyne: Mawson, Swan, and Morgan, 1890.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 43, 366 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043366b0
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