Theatrum chemicum Britannicum : containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language / faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon, by Elias Ashmole, Esq., qui est Mercuriophilus Anglicus; the first part.

Timespan:

1652

Date:

1652

Description:

Numerous booksellers' descriptions laid in.; Imperfect: 1 leaf of plates wanting.; The 3S gathering has been misbound between leaves 3R3 and 3R4.; Sir Isaac Newton's copy containing his annotations and corrections in margins; with James Musgrave's "Philosophemur" bookplate. For a description of this copy cf. Harrison.

Identifier:

9923748263503681; (OCoLC)9458720; (OCoLC)ocm09458720; 2374826; (PU)2374826-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English

Provenance:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 (former owner); Huggins, Carol, Rev. (bookplate); Musgrave, James, d. 1778 (bookplate)

Publisher:

London : Printed by J. Grismond for Nath: Brooke ..., 1652.

Subject:

Alchemy.; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.

Resource Type:

Books

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 486 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations; 19 cm (4to)

Personal Name:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.; Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.

Corporate Name:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

No more published.; Signatures: A-3S⁴.; Page numbers 281-288 are misnumbered 285-292.; T.p. in red and black.; Woodcuts: initials, head- and tail-pieces.; Errata on 3R4 and verso of 3S4.; Includes index.

Physical Location:

QD25 .A78 1652

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)