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[Pharmaceutical recipe book]

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Remedies arranged alphabetically in dictionary form. They were compiled from a number of sources including Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard, Johann Helfrich Jünken, Digby (possibly Sir Kenelm Digby) and Jean Béguin's Tyrocinium chymicum -- a reference to this work is made inside upper cover as well as within the text.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

229 leaves : paper ; 299 x 98 mm bound to 303 x 105 mm; Binding: Contemporary calf, gilt spine with letter 'A' in second compartment. Hinges are fragile, particularly the upper hinge.; Decoration: Red ink used for underlining and cross references.; Foliation: Paper, 229; 1-25, 27-99, 102-153, 156-233, 235, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-229], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Folios 26, 154-155 appear to have been torn out; there are a few blank folios between sections. First and last gatherings are detached; inside upper corner of last 6 leaves torn away with some loss of text.; French, Italian, German, and Latin, with a few items in Spanish and Dutch.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Possibly written in Germany, 1650-1750.; Script: Written in a cursive script, primarily by one hand.; The date 1650 inside upper cover appears to refer to a printing of Tyrocinium chymicum.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Two contemporary leaves are laid into the text; several printed items are tipped onto inside upper cover and one leaf of text.

1675—Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish—Public download

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  • ark:/81431/p3r49gc0b

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Cataloging notes

  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9929764623503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 815
  • Provenance: Sold by Roger Gaskell Rare Books (London), 2000.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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