A mytho Hermetic dictionary.
- Title:
- A mytho Hermetic dictionary.
- 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.
- Date:
- 1798
- Description:
- Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
- Format:
- 2 volumes (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:
- 9962935713503681; (OCoLC)ocn913799582; (OCoLC)913799582; (PU)6293571-penndb-Voyager
- Language:
- English; Hebrew; Greek, Modern (1453-); French
- Provenance:
- Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.; 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.; Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 597 and 598, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
- Publisher:
- [England], 1798-99.
- Relation:
- https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/
- Subject:
- Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Alchemy.; Occultism.; Occultism -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Dictionaries.; Manuscripts, English.; Manuscripts, European.
- Type:
- Manuscripts
- Personal Name:
- Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner.; Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.
- Corporate Name:
- Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)
- Rights:
- https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in England in October 1798 (V.1, p. xxi) and 27 November 1799 (V. 2, p. 289).; Title from title page (v. 1, p. 21).; Pagination: V.1: Paper, 185 leaves; [i-xxvi], 1-102, 102, 104-344; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. V. 2: Paper, 188 leaves; [ii], 1-289, [290-374]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.; Decoration: Alchemical symbols throughout.; Binding: V. 1: Contemporary parchment. V. 2: Contemporary half leather with marbled paper boards. Second volume has severe moisture damage, particularly to the lower corners of the first and last few leaves.; English, with occasional words in Greek and Hebrew.
- Call Number:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1686