Mellon MS 4, Medical and alchemical recipes

New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Mellon MS 4. Text(s): Medical and alchemical recipes. Description: ff. i + 70 - ca. 1500. North Italian dark brown calf over thick, beveled wooden boards, sides triple-framed with multiple blind fillets, a ribbon of interlaced ropework inside the outermost frame, irregular knotwork ornament in center of each cover, five brass nailhead studs on each cover, chased brass catch on lower cover, trace of clasp on upper; back with two raised bands decorated with blind fillets (back and hinges restored), modern leather label. - Denis Duveen, acquired from H. P. Kraus, Inc. (bookseller), New York; Mellon MS 91, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965. - Witten, Laurence C. and Pachella, Richard. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon. Volume Three: Manuscripts, Mellon MS 4.