Miscellanea Alchemica XXIX
- Date:
- Late 18th century
- Reference:
- MS.3567
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Description
Collection of alchemical tracts: in German. On pp. 1, 24, 25 of the first work there are faint pencil-drawings of alchemical apparatus, etc. The last two works are written in a different, but contemporary, script. Wagnereck is said to have possessed the 'Stone': he died in 1683 (cf. Kopp. 'Die Alchemie'. Vol. I, p. 191).
Publication/Creation
Late 18th century
Physical description
1 volume 2 ll. (first bl.). + 28 pp. + 1 bl. l. + 88 pp. + 15 ll. (last 7 bl.). + 7 ll. 4to. 20 × 15 1/2 cm. Original boards, worn. Damp-stained throughout, especially at the end.
Acquisition note
Purchased at Sotheby's (Hauser Sale) 17/4/1934, Lot 320 (part).
Ownership note
From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris, with his Press-mark label 'L.H. 126'.
Finding aids
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).
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Accession number
- 66624