Paracelsus Bombastus ab Hohenheim (1493-1541)

Date:
Mid 17th Century
Reference:
MS.595
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Description

Sydus philosophicum et chimicum collectoris incerti ex operibus Paracelsi: in Latin throughout. This collection of extracts from the works of Paracelsus, which are mainly concerned with alchemy, seems to be unrecorded.

Publication/Creation

Mid 17th Century

Physical description

1 volume 9 ll. (last bl.). +624 pp.+19ll. 8vo. 15 x 10 1/2 cm. Original limp vellum binding.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1923.

Ownership note

In the first three leaves the date 1704 occurs in entires made by a former owner, who was apparently an Italian schoolmaster.

Finding aids

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).

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Accession number

  • 42858