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1. Add MS 59836

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Add MS 59836
Title:
JACQUES STELLA: twenty-six drawings of classical lamps, chiefly from the Bellori Museum in Rome; circa 1624. Owned by H. Hamal of Liége (f.1). Lot 329 in an English Sale-Catalogue (gm/-). Other prices c/-, 12/-. Transferred from the Science Reference Library (press-mark 4738), 11 Oct. 1976. Paper; ff. iii+27. 262 x 191mm. Watermark Heawood 387, Heawood 161-168.
Scope & Content:
Antiquities: Jacques Stella, of Lyons; artist: Bellori Museum; Rome: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: 26 drawings of classical lamps by Jacques Stella chiefly from the Bellori Museum, Rome: circa 1624: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1624
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

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