Compendium of alchemical treatises by various authors. Includes a list of contents (p. i). Sections discuss subjects such as the properties of light, phosphorus, and mystical numbers, with references to noted alchemists such as Robert Fludd, Ramon Llull, Basil Valentine, and many others.
Date:
1750
Description:
Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 586, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).; Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
150 leaves : paper; 305 x 221 mm bound to 314 x 225 mm
Personal Name:
Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.; Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.; Valentine, Basil.; Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.; Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner.
Corporate Name:
Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)
Rights:
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Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 18th century.; Ms. codex.; Pagination: Paper, 150 leaves; [iv]; 1-296; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Front and back pastedowns are detached from boards.; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Script: Written in cursive and semi-cursive scripts by at least two hands.; Latin and German, with occasional words in Greek and English.
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