[Alchemical compendium].

Abstract:

Instructions for alchemical processes such as transmutation, sublimation, and multiplication, with practical applications such as curing diseases (p. 15), embalming bodies (p. 31), and neutralizing viper venom and poisonous black hellebore (p. 34). Includes an alphabetical index (p. 631-642).

Date:

1797

Description:

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

Identifier:

9962935753503681; (OCoLC)ocn913875416; (OCoLC)913875416; (PU)6293575-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English

Provenance:

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. 602, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.

Publisher:

[England], 1797.

Relation:

https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Alchemy.; Occultism -- Early works to 1800.; Occultism.; Codices.; Diagrams.; Drawings (visual works); Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, European.; Manuscripts, English.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

324 leaves : paper; 234 x 176 (208 x 131) mm bound to 248 x 195 mm

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:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Written in England in 1797 (p. i).; Binding: Contemporary half leather with marbled paper boards. Upper cover and first leaf nearly detached.; Pagination: Paper, 324 leaves; [iv], 1-321, 321-336, [337-643]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 18-19 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.; Decoration: Pen and ink drawing of the Hand of the Philosopher, an alchemical emblem signifying apotheosis (p. 193); drawings of alchemical apparatus and symbols throughout.; Ms. codex.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1690