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Rezeptbuch: Alkoholische getränke-herstellung spezialität Liköre, 1859-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This slim, paper-bound volume comprises a treatise on the methods for distillation of liquors with over thirty-five detailed and explanatory recipes for various spirits. The volume was written in German by Leopold Bobrek spanning the years from 1859 to 1860.

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A journal of a passage from Java Head to Salem on the Brig Leander: commanded by Charles Roundy, beginning December 25, 1825, kept by Elias Grant, 1825-1826 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A logbook of the Brig Leander's return trip of its fourth voyage from Salem, Massachusetts to Canton and Manila, commanded by Captain Charles Roundy. The ship's log was kept by Elias Grant from December 25, 1825 to April 11, 1826.

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Cours de matière medicale par monsieur Alphonse Leroy, between 1770-1780 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Volume containing lecture notes in French by an unknown student probably between the years 1770 to 1780. The lecture course in materia medica was taught by Alphonse Vincent Louis Antoine Leroy.

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William B. Hadden diary, 1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: The journal of William B. Hadden written during his three-month voyage from India to England on board the ship Gosforth spanning from April to July 1865.

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John E. Searles letterpress copybook, 1887-1888 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A letterpress copybook containing 500 leaves of outgoing correspondence sent by John E. Searles, Jr., who was responsible for the formation of the Sugar Trust. The correspondence sent by Searles documents the corporate history of the formation of the Sugar Trust spanning three months from October 1887 to Januanry 1888.

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Richard Fairbrother commonplace book, 1813-1834 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Volume comprising religious poems, elegies, songs, and excerpts compiled by Richard Fairbrother of Norfolk England, spanning the years from 1813 to 1834.

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Popular receipts, circa 1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume of medicinal recipes and formulas compiled by W. H. H. Snyder, circa 1865.

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William Leo Schreiber, Jr. "Materia medica notes on Dr. James Truman's lectures", circa 1900-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear_foot (1 volume)
Abstract:: Dr. William Leo Schreiber, Jr., M.D., D.D.S. (1878-1949) was a 1901 graduate of the School of Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania, studying under Dr. James Truman (1826-1914), a professor of operative dentistry, dental histology, dental pathology, therapeutics, and materia medica, as well as the dean of the Dental Department from 1883 to 1895. This volume contains typewritten and manuscript notes from Dr. James Truman's materia medica lectures.

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Geo. D. Wetherill & Co. receipt book, 1862-1867 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Receipt book of Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., wholesale druggists, an manufacturers spanning the years from 1862-1867.

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Album de stampine antiche, 19th century (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: An oversize volume probably created during the nineteenth century in Florence, Italy by a member of the Peruzzi family. "Album de stampine antiche" is written on a decorative label pasted on the cover. The volume contains a scrapbook comprised of cutouts from books of over 350 woodcuts and engravings of decorative printers' marks including borders, initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces, portions of title pages, and vignettes. The books represented in the volume were published from 1569 to 1790.

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