Fontanellus, Ferdinand (& others)

Extracta quaedam ex philosophia recondita Ferdinandi Fontanelli. Coloniae impressa anno 1723. [Incomplete]. With three other anonymous works on Alchemy in French, also incomplete. Written by the same hand throughout. The three anonymous works are entitled: (2) Abrégé de toute la philosophie démonstrative universelle. Première partie; (3) Préparation et usage d'un Secret menstrue universel avec lequel en peut faire l'anatomie des végétaux, animaux, minéraux, les corriger et en préparer de bons médicaments [Incomplete]; (4) Application et usages des susdits Élixirs des Philosophes [Unfinished]. It is possible that these are chapters of a single unidentified work. No record has been traced of Ferdinand Fontanellus.

c. 1750

1 volume 12 ll. + 12 ll. (last bl.). + 8 ll. + 8 ll. (last 4 bl.). 4to. 211/2 × 16 cm. Unbound.

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).