Eugenius

Eugenii Discours von Natür derer Elementen, und von der Gestalt eines Saturnischen Mercurii. Discour von einer grossen Artzeney und von der balsamischen Phosphoro derer lebenden Thiere. Discour von den eigenen Feur und Wasser derer Cörper und von der Coruscation und Tinctur derer Metallen. No record has been found of these tracts, nor of 'Eugenius'. They are apparently translations, perhaps from Latin, as the introduction states that they are 'nicht in derer gelehrten Mutter Sprache geschrieben'. A reference on the 25th leaf to the 'Homeri catena', would seem to point to the 'Aurea catena Homeri' of Ehrd von Naxagoras, published in 1723, and in later editions, and finally under the title of 'Annulus Platonis' in 1781 by Anton Joseph Kirchweger [cf. Kopp. 'Die Alchemie'. Vol. II, pp. 208-220]. It does not appear to have any connection with the works of 'Eugenius Philalethes', the pseudonym of Thomas Vaughan [1622-1626].

c. 1775

1 volume 93 [94] ll. folio. 341/2 x 241/2 cm. Original gilt-stamped panelled calf binding, worn. Last blank ? leaf cut out.

Purchased 1930.

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).