Encelius (C.). De re metallica. (Incomplete)
- Date:
- 1567
- Reference:
- MS.518/5
- Part of:
- Miscellanea Alchemica XIII
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Ff. 96-end De re metallica [sic] hoc est de origine, varietate, et natura corporum metallicorum, lapidum, gemmarum atque aliarum que ex fodinis eruuntur rerum ad Medicinae usum deseruientium. Libri III. Autore Christophoro Encelio Salueldensi. Cum priuilegio Imperiali. The transcript ends at Book II, cap. 2 'De chalcitide', and is made from a copy of Egenolph's Frankfort edition. Of this there is an undated issue-probably 1551, and a dated one of 1557. [Cf. Ferguson 'Bibliotheca Chemica, Vol. I, p. 240.].
Publication/Creation
1567
Physical description
ff.96-136
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).