Philaletha, Eirenaeus

Anonymi Philalethae Introitus apertus ad occlusum Regis Palatium. Vorüber der Schlüssel hiemit com[m]unicirt undt beygefügt worden, nach welchen Schlüssel alle Hermetische undt wahre Adeptische Schrifften einhellig zu vernehmen, undt zu verstehendt seindt, ex Manu Scriptis Domini Jo[hannis] Ge[orgii] Stirckii. The work by Philalethá and its 'Erklärung' ends at p. 118. The remainder of the MS. consists of various comments and notes on the processes of the 'Great Work'.

Late 17th century

1 volume 4 bl. ll. + 236 pp. + 7 bl. ll. 4to. 191/2 × 16 cm. Original vellum binding.

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).

Armorial book-plate of Ignatius Dominicus, S.R.I., Comes de Chorinsky [1729-1792].