M0011827: Reproduction of a woodcut depicting water-bath distillation possibly from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

Date:: April 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/105/29

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011799-M0011901WT/D/1/20/1/105
        M0011827: Reproduction of a woodcut depicting water-bath distillation possibly from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512WT/D/1/20/1/105/29

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Water-bath distillation .

Description

Reproduction of a woodcut depicting distillation with the aid of a water-bath possibly from Brunschwig, Hieronymus (approximately 1450-approximately 1512): Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis. Das buch der waren kunst zu distillieren die Composita und simplicia, und dz Buch thesaurus pauperum, Ein schatz d'armen genant Micarium, die brösamlin gefallen von den büchern d'Artzny, und durch Experiment von mir Jheronimo bruschwick uff geclubt und geoffenbart zu trost denen die es begeren Strassburg : J. Grüninger, 1512. Related images: M0011824, M0011825, M0011826

Publication/Creation

April 1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.8 x 8.3 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication possibly depicted in the glass plate negative.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.