Hermes Trismegistus

[Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, his divine Pymander ... Translated formerly out of the Arabick ... and now out of the original into English by ... Dr. Everard. London printed by J. S. for Thomas Brewster ... 1657]. Contemporary transcript of Books 1-15 (incomplete) only. Text ends abruptly at the latter part of Book XV.

c. 1660

1 volume 3 [4] bl. ll. + 272 pp. + 30 bl. ll. 8vo. 15 × 91/2 cm. 18th cent. crushed morocco binding: both ties cut away. Last preliminary leaf cut out. The title-page and preliminary matter are wanting.

Purchased 1911.

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).

Armorial book-plate of Kenealy i.e. Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy [1819-1880], the notorious counsel for the Tichborne Claimant.