Apothecary's recipe book, David Rocher, Gollheim

Manuscript in various hands containing recipes for liqueurs, medical powders, unctures, dental treatments, tinctures and poisons. 231 manuscript numbered pages with index at rear over 18 leaves and one leaf with key to symbols. Final owner identified by vendor as David Rocher, who is listed as an as an apoteker in Gollheim, Germany, in the Beamtenverzeichniss und Statistik du Koniglich Bayerischen Regierungsbezirker der PfalzI 1863. Other names referenced are Dr. Raab and Dr Wand of Gollheim. Includes recipes for: - Liqueur de Chartreuse, p. 220. - Absynth [Absinthe] - Chloroform, p. 179. - Tinct Nux Vomica, p. 28. - Strichinum …simplex [strychnine], p. 203. - Theriac andromach, p 86. Containing 13 ingredients including valerian, angelica, gentian, calami, juniper and cinnamon. - Eau de Cologne - Elect theriac, p. 110 - Aqua Vitae - Elixir of long life - Chocolate concoctions - Cognac - Various punches - Emollients - Aerated water (Luftwasster) - Aqua hysteria, p. 95. - Several recipes containing antimon and sulphur - Elixir stomachicum [to soothe the stomach] p. 51

c.1790-1880

1 volume 10.5 x 17.3 x 5 cm. Well-used and finger-soiled. Old patterned cloth over paper boards. Tightly bound.

Purchased in October 2019.