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Add MS 59837
- Record Id:
- 032-001998301
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998301
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x00024d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59837
- Title:
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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:
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Alchemy: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: 41 symbolical coloured drawings, with legends,: late 16th or early 17th cent: Lat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998301
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998301
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1560
- End Date:
- 1640
- Date Range:
- Late 16th century-Early 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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London; Secular Institutions. Libraries and Museums. Science Reference Library: Transferred from, in 1976.
James Plomer, MD: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Plomer, James, MD
Science Reference Library, London