Paracelsus (Bombastus ab Hohenheim) Aureolis Philippus Theophrastus, (1493-1541)

L'Archidoxe magique de Paracelse, divisée en sept livres. Traduit du latin par G. G. à Paris en MDCCXXXIII. Illustrated with numerous pen-drawings in red and black of sigils, magical figures, etc. Below the date on the title: 'Cotet emit 22ll. le 20e mars 1734'. His signature 'Cotet 22ll, is found also on p. 1. Produced in Paris.

mid-18th century

1 volume 20 ll. (first bl.). + 62 pp. + 28 pp. + 51 pp. + 14 [20] bl. ll. 4to. 231/2 × 171/2 cm. Modern half-calf binding. Six (blank ?) leaves at the end have been cut out. Title within ruled border in red and black, headings in red.

Purchased 1936.

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).

Entered as No. 495 of Dorbon's Catalogue of the Library of Stanislas de Guaita [1860-1897].