Marchtall, Andreas Von

Analecta quae P. Fr. Andreas à Marchtallo, Prov. Ant. Austr. conscripsit. Pars I [-IV]. Probably written by Joseph Höfle. There are a number of entries of medical or scientific interest. Part I Nomina Academiarum totius Europae Germanicae secundum ordinem alphabeticum (pp. 53-65). Behr (Georg Heinrich) M.D. of Strassburg [1708-1761] Die schwache Wissenschaft der heutigen ärzte: eine Satyr (pp. 105-141). Perhaps written by another hand: in verse. This was first published in 1751 at Strassburg. Partus mulierum notabiles (pp. 175, 176). Part II Dialexis et oeconomia medica pro vita hominis conservanda servanda et disponenda (pp. 47-50). Syntagmata ac problemata mathematicophisica (pp. 51-54). Von einigen theil des menschlichen Leibs (pp. 73, 74). Acroamata Academica ex variis problematibus et eruditionibus concinnata (pp. 81-86). Symbolismus Magacosmi cum Microcosmo per influxum septem Planetarum in sublunaria (pp. 90-96). Geschichte von Erleuchtung der Gassen und deren Pflästren (pp. 108-110). Part III Des menschlichen Leibes Wachsthum (pp. 1, 2). Mensura et pondera medica (pp. 9, 10). Das Temperament (pp. 11-13). Von dem Regenwasser (pp. 23, 24). Recipe pro servanda corporis et animae vita (p. 26). Von dem Schall und Fall (pp. 27-38). Von einigen aus fremden Landen in Deutschland gebrachten Pflanzen (pp. 34-44). Fragen wie viel Menschen werden alls Jahr gebohren [etc.] (pp. 68-91). Einige deutscher Enfindungen (pp. 91-95). Verzeichnisse der vornehmsten Entdeckungen, welche seit einigen Jahr hunderten sind gemacht worden (pp. 102-117). Part IV Supplement to the above to 1783 (pp. 60-67). The latest date found is 1784 on p. 69 of the last part. The name of Joseph Höfle is found on the title-pages of the first three parts, and he may be the transcriber of this MS. The collection contains a vast amount of economic, political, historical and ecclesiastical information, much of it in statistical form.

c. 1785

1 volume 1 l. + 179 pp. + 207 pp. + 236 pp. + 149 pp. + 6 ll. folio. 34 1/2 × 22 cm. 19th cent. half vellum binding. Some margins cropped. Title with an ornamental pen-drawn border heightened in yellow wash. Decorated with numerous engraved cut-outs pasted in as vignettes, tail-pieces, etc.: some have been coloured by hand.

Purchased 1931.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).