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Arcana arcanorum: in German. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Arcana arcanorum: in German
- Date:
- mid-18th century
- Reference:
- MS.969
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Title-page and preliminary ll. wanting: 9 ll. have been torn out at the end. A remarkable collection, written by the same hand throughout, of medical, technical, chemical, alchemical, and magical receipts and 'secrets'. The last 33 ll. contain an elaborate Index.
Publication/Creation
mid-18th century
Physical description
1 volume 616 pp. + 24 ll. last bl. + 33 ll. 8vo. 161/2 x 101/2 cm. Original half-calf binding damaged.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1933.
Ownership note
Historiated Ex-libris of 'Dr. Julius Hesdörffer. Frankfort à Main.'
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
- 65743