On the first editions of the chemical writings of Democritus and Synesius / by John Ferguson.

  • Ferguson, John, 1838-1916.
Date:
[1885]
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Credit: On the first editions of the chemical writings of Democritus and Synesius / by John Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Collation:—/. 2 redo: De Mizaldi | Arcauis, Nec Non | Graecis in Demo | critvm, Ceteris- | que, Chemia; scripto- | ribus, | Piwfatio, I Ad Clar- issimvm No- i bilitate, doctrina, prudentiaque virum, | Thomam Eedingervm | Silesivm. | This preface ends on /. S2 r. luith the loonU: coniparatur. Vale. Calen- | dis Martijs. M.D. | LXXII. Vbio- I nim Colo- | nia. | (•. •) I Jolloiced by a scroll ornament. On f. 32 v. ber/ins Index Kervm, tvhieh ends on /. 51 v. Then follows f. 52 r. Praefationis errores incvria ad- | missos, sic corrige. | ending f. 52 v. Ff. 53 and 54 are blank. This ends the introductory matter ivhich is not numbered. The text of Mizaldus' treatise then begins on leaf A,f. 1, and goes down to the recto off. 212. Verso is blank. F. 21S contains the title to the chemical tracts as follows:— Ex I Venerandfe Grrecaj vetustatis de ar- | te Chymica, relliquijsfsic/ | Democritvs | Abderyta. De Arte | .Sacra: Sive, De Rebvs j iiaturalibus &my- I sticis j Xecnoii \ Synesij, & Pelagij, Antiqiiovuin | Philoso- phonim: ineuiidem, | Commeutaria. | luterprete | Dominico Pizimentio Vibo- I nens, Italo. Small scroll ornament. F. 213 verso is blank. F. 214 recto contains Pizimenti's preface, ivhich ends f. 218 recto icith the icordx: Stephani Alexandriui, Olympiodori, | & Pelagii cotneutaria, in eimdem | Democritum propedieni ex- | pecta. Datum P»om§. | Calend. Septemb. | M.D.LXX. j ('. •) | 'J'he catchword is Ex. Thenf. 21S v. begins: De Pvebvs Na- j tvralibvs et My- | sticis Demo- I criti. | Natvra natura | gaudet: &c., rchich ends f. 227 verso: omisi, ] cum libere in alijs atiam | raeis scriptis pertractarim. | In hoc scripto I valete. | (•.) F. 228 recto: Synesii Phi- | losophi ad Dio- j scorvm in Librvm | Democriti. I Scholia. I ivith a scroll ornament, It endsf, 238 t^erso. F 239 recto: Pelagii Plulo- | sophi De Eadem | Divina, ct Sacra | arte. | Ends f 245 verso. A blank leaf ends the volume. Two thingb follow of necessity from this description: 1°, the Padua edition of 1573 cannot be the first, as Dr. Kopp with the materials at his command quite legitimately inferred; 2, Dr. Kopp's supposition that if there were an edition prior to that of Padua, 1573, it could not have been one of Pizimenti's trans- lation, is disposed of by the statements on the title-pages. 9. Pursuing my researches still further, I found in the British Museum no copy of the 1572 edition, but another printed also at Cologne by Birckmann, in the following yeai-, 1573. I at first thought that this might be simply a re-issue of tlie remainder of the previous edition, with a new or re-dated title-page. On examination, however, I found this was not the case, Init that it was a veritably new edition. As it is entirely unknown, and has