Handwritten notes in Latin at front and back of volume. Front notes are taken from the book of French surgeon Ambroise Paré. Back notes list medicinal recipes.
Contemporary decorated brown calf binding stamped with a crucifixion scene at center, with the word MEDICA (medicine) above and the name GEOR(G) SCHEL(L) below. Clasp fastenings, but lacking clasps.
A picture of an illustration showing the style and habits of Ottoman woman living in the seraglio - domestic spaces in Ottoman households reserved for Muslim women to use.