London, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 768 Century 17 | 18 Precise date 1639-1710 Previous owners This note-book appears originally to have belonged to Thomas Forbes. He seems to have been a student of Law. There is an inscription probably by him on 14v of the second section of the book. It is possible that this Thomas Forbes may be the person entered on 87 of Innes Smith's "English-speaking students of Medicine at the University of Leyden" (1932). Here he is described as "Schotus July 17, 1649, aet 20 Juris". He was appointed Professor of Philosophy at Pisa in 1658, and Professor of Medicine in 1659. He resigned in 1662, returned to Scotland, and dies at St Andrews 1688. Purchased 1933. Format 4 Height × width 150 x 195 No. of leaves 1 + pp. 8 + 14 + pp. 29 + 88 Cover Original gilt-stamped calf-binding. Condition Some leaves have been torn out, and only a fragment remains of the third leaf from the end. Decorations On the verso of p. 2 (at the beginning) are two samll pen-drawings of "the yron vessel" for making the "Lapis" (a kind of powder of universal efficacy): and on 1 of the next section is a fullpage pen-drawing of the same dated 1639. Exlibris (1) "Ex libris Thomae Forbesii". Printed catalogs S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (1962) 565-6. Other notes The work is here entered under "T (A.)", but certain "G.W." seems to have been a later editor, and the book is found under "W.(G.)" in some bibliographies. Source Moorat (1962) Type of source cat. Source’s source insp. Work 1Author standard A. T. Title (ms.) Collection of extracts from "A rich storehouse or treasurie", among which are: Printed copies "A rich storehouse or treasurie" was first published in 1596 (S.T.C. 23606), and their was an eighth edition in 1650. Work 2Author standard Henry Gray Scribe(s) In youthful script. Title (ms.) Roulles of Artmetick Folio no. 65r, 66r, 67r, 68r, 69r Rubric Anno 1640 January 16. Henry Gray begineth this Roulles of Artmetick
