Diploma of doctorate of medicine awarded by the University of Padua to John Bastwick, endorsed by Roderigo Fonseca, Tommaso Pioveno and Pietro Merio, 6 folios. On the verso of a paper flyleaf there is pasted a copper-plate engraving of W. Hollar's portrait of John Bastwick, probably taken from a copy of Bastwick's Declaration (1643). On the recto is a cutting from the catalogue of the J. Fuller Russell sale, June 1885, in which the manuscript was lot 89, and a note on John Bastwick by Samuel Sandars, whose bookplate is inside the front cover.
John Bastwick: Diploma
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.4139
- Dates of Creation
- 1622
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 Volume
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Samuel Sandars purchased the diploma at the J. Fuller Russell sale. Sandars bequeathed it to the Library in 1894.
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