Collectanea by (Sir) Conrad Sprengell

The script is very small and cramped, and most of the text is in Latin but with frequent passages in German. Each page has been divided by folding into two columns. The text is divided by a large number of subject-headings and many blank spaces are left for future additions. The writer evidently kept the book for general notes on all subjects, and made additions from time to time as occasion arose in the course of his reading.

18th Century

304 folios 4to. 20 × 16.3 cm. Modern binding.

On fo. 1 is the name Conrad Joachim Sprengell in whose handwriting the first two parts of the manuscript are written. [Conrad Joachim Sprengell, M.D., a native of Leipsic, came to England and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, 23 March, 1718-9; F.R.S., 1720; Knighted by George I, 1 May, 1725; died 1740.]

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).