Barckhausen, Johann Conrad (1666-1723)

Notebook containing pen and ink copies of the 78 symbolic alchemical figures in J C Barckhausen, Elementa chemiae (Leiden, 1718). The numbering of the figures suggests that they were copied in France. The title page (f. 1) is inscribed 'Barchusen. Liber singularis'.

c. 1800

1 volume 1 volume: 202 × 115 mm., 41 ff. 19th-century paper covers. Spine labelled 'Emblèmes de la pierre philosophale'.

Purchased from D'Aubin, Paris, 1909.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).