Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- ca. 1820. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
63 ff. (old pagination 7-42, 48-63) ; 160 x 90 mm. Rebound at NLW in full leather incorporating original front cover.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Ceinwen D. Price; Swansea; Donation; 1992
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume, c. 1820, containing notes on the astrological practice of medicine and miscellaneous medical recipes, apparently compiled mostly from printed sources, notably Richard Saunders, The Astrological Judgement and Practice of Physick (London, 1747) and Nathaniel Williams, Pharmacopoeia, or Medical Admonitions in English and Welsh (Trevecka, 1793-6).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23075A
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Saunders, Richard, 1613-1675. (Subject)
- Williams, N. (Nathaniel), 1742-1826. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);