De la Préparation, des Vertus et Usages des Arcanes ou plus rares Secrets de la Nature

Some marginal notes are in cypher. Many of the receipts are extracted from the writings of Paracelsus.

c. 1750

1 volume 84 pp. 8vo. 161/2 x 11 cm. Original vellum binding. Capitals and headings in gold: text within red rules.

Purchased 1920.

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).