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1. Add MS 59837

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Add MS 59837
Title:
ALCHEMY: a book containing 41 symbolical coloured drawings of alembics used in experiments for the discovery of the Philosopher's Stone; late 16th or early 17th cent. The spaces left for the text are blank. On the title page is an attribution to 'Hermes Trismegistus' in an 18th century hand. Previously belonged to James Plomer, M.D. Transferred from the Science Reference Library (press-mark '65'), 11 Oct. 1976. Paper; ff. iv+42. 211 x 140mm. Limp vellum covers.
Scope & Content:
Alchemy: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: 41 symbolical coloured drawings, with legends,: late 16th or early 17th cent: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 60271

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Add MS 60271
Title:
OPTICS: transcriptions of three tracts by Marin Mersenne, Christophorus Clavius and Jean-François Niceron; 18th cent. French and Latin. All three tracts have been copied from printed editions and include many carefully executed diagrams. No. 948 in 19th cent. English bookseller's catalogue (pasted-down cutting, f. ii). Heraldic bookplate of [Edward?] Almack, f. i. Acquired by the Patent Office Library, Feb. 1912 (Ac. No. 44777). Transferred from the Science Reference Library, June 1978. Pa...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-24 Marin Mersenne, French mathematician: `L'Optique et la Catoptrique' by Marin Mersenne: 1st half of 18th cent.: Fr.: Copy.ff. 24v-31v Christoph Clavius, German mathematician: `Gnomonices' by Christoph Clavius: 1st half of 18th cent.: Lat.: Copy.ff. 32-67v Jean-François N...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item