Bisioli

Raccolta di varii e veri autori in compendio, di quello ch'è piu nessario [sic] ad havere ampla intelligenza e in Teorica et in Pratica della vera Universal Medicina o d'Elixir Arabico, ma anco del Lapis Philosophorum et altre curiosita. In Latin throughout, except for a few passages in Italian. Contents: Vol. A. (1) Nuysement (J. de). De spiritu universali secreto mundi et sale philosophorum ex libro de vero sale secreto Sendivogii. Canones a B.N.M.D. collecti (pp. 1-91). (2) Sendivogius (N.). Nota ex Novo lumine [chymico] (pp. 92-109). (3) Fabre (P. J.). Extracts from several works (pp. 110-186). (4) Musaeum Hermeticum. Extracts (pp. 186-222). (5) Origanus (D.). De rore (pp. 222-225). (6) Fabre (P. J.). Extracts (pp. 226-241). (7) Musaeum Hermeticum [etc.]. Extracts (pp. 241-end). Vol. B. (1) Nuysement (J. de). Canones speciales ad praxin (pp. 1-27). (2) Dee (A.). Fasciculus chemicus (pp. 28-149). (3) Pseudo-Dunstan, St. De lapide philosophorum (pp. 150-179). (4) Pontanus (J.). Epistola de philosophorum lapide (pp. 179-185). (5) Artephius. De arte occulta atque lapide philosophorum (pp. 185-246). (6) Musaeum Hermeticum. Extracts (pp. 249-275). (7) Medicine spagiriche (pp. 276-293). (8) Musaeum Hermeticum. Tractatus 'Gloria mundi' (pp. 294-349). (9) Fabre (P. J.). Extracts (pp. 349-end). Vol. A (4) [etc.]. This and other extracts from the 'Musaeum Hermeticum', are from the enlarged edition, published at Frankfort, 1677-78. Vol. B (2). On the page facing the beginning of this Treatise, the compiler has written: 'Sequitur Filum Ariadneum quo [sic] Philosophus Anglus Londinas (i.e. John Dee [1527-1608]) quod filio suo (i.e. Arthur Dee [1579-1651] unico Arthuro Testamenti loco reliquit'. There is a similar inscription found in MS. No. 259 (5) of Part I of this Catalogue. On the verso of the last leaf of Vol. B is a note 'Memorandum: Comperato con il primo tomo A, questo tomo B. dal Sig. D. Casimiro Guerra medico le 14 Maggio 1749 per essere raccolti e studi del celebre in questa nostra Patria del fu Sig. Dottore Bisioli, Gran Medico, Astronomo, e Chimico e buon Filosofo'.

c. 1685

2 volumes 2 vols. 8vo. 15 x 9 cm. Original gilt-stamped calf binding. A leaf has been cut out before the beginning of the text of Vol. A. From a note on the verso of the second preliminary leaf of this volume, it appears that there were originally 6 volumes, lettered A to F.

Purchased 1909.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).