Arcana desumpta ex metallicis, ex mineralibus ex vegetabilibus, et ex animalibus

Date:
Early 17th century
Reference:
MS.50
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Description

A collection of chemical and alchemical remedies extracted from 16th and early 17th cent. authors: the text is partly Latin, partly German. A receipt on fol. 20 is headed 'D. Alstinius communicavit 18 April anno 1603'.

Publication/Creation

Early 17th century

Physical description

1 volume 84 ll. (first bl.). 4to. 211/2 x 161/2 cm. Modern boards. On fol 21v and 53v are rough pen-drawings of chemical apparatus.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1929.

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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  • 49538