Grand répertoire hermétique

  • Poisson, Albert, 1868-1894
Date:
1893
Reference:
MS.3942
Part of:
Poisson, Albert (1868-1894)
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Grand répertoire hermétique, présenté sous forme de dictionnaire consacré à toutes les branches des sciences occultes: mais principalement à l'alchimie. Author's holograph MS. Illustrated with pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus, etc. An uncompleted work, based on the author's own research, and not a compilation. Produced in Paris.

Publication/Creation

1893

Physical description

1 volume 152 ll. folio. 30 × 18 cm. Original boards.

Acquisition note

Purchased at Sotheby's (Hauser Sale), 18/4/1934, Lot 452 (part).

Ownership note

From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.68'.

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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  • 66637I