A mytho Hermetic dictionary; [manuscript].

Title:

A mytho Hermetic dictionary [manuscript].

Abstract:

The first and third parts of a French mytho-Hermetic dictionary translated into English, most likely by Charles Rainsford, with a preface (V. 1, p. iii-xxi). Also includes a leaf laid into the beginning of v. 1 that is addressed to "General Rainsford, Soho Square", with the remains of a wax seal that has been torn away.

Description:

Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.

Format:

2 v. (185, 188 leaves): paper; volume 1: 375 x 247 mm. bound to 385 x 260 mm.; volume 2: 316 x 195 mm. bound to 328 x 210 mm. + 1 note.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn913799582; (OCoLC)913799582; (PU)6293571-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English, with occasional words in Greek and Hebrew.

Publisher:

[England], 1798-99.

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6293571

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Occultism -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Dictionaries.; Manuscripts, English; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Personal Name:

Rainsford, Charles,; Northumberland, Hugh Percy,

Call Number:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1686