GB 0117 MS/10 - Alchemical Tracts

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GB 0117 MS/10

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Alchemical Tracts

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1 volume

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Occurrence of monogram letters KD several times repeated on the binding indictes that this manuscript belonged to Sir Kenelm Digby.

GB 0117 MS/10 Unknown Collection (fonds) 1 volume Rouillach , Philippe

Occurrence of monogram letters KD several times repeated on the binding indictes that this manuscript belonged to Sir Kenelm Digby.

A volume of various alchemical tracts, by Philippe Rouillach and others. Notebook of Robert Boyle. 17. 'Preservatif apologetique' pour le meme. Folio 381, recto.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Bound volume, paper, 382 ff, size 9 x 6.5 inches.

See article 'Newly discovered Boyle documents in the Royal Society Archives' by LN Principe in 'Notes and Records of the Royal Society' Volume 49 (1995) pages 57-70.

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. Chemistry Alchemy

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A volume of various alchemical tracts, by Philippe Rouillach and others. Notebook of Robert Boyle. 17. 'Preservatif apologetique' pour le meme. Folio 381, recto.

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Latin and French

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See article 'Newly discovered Boyle documents in the Royal Society Archives' by LN Principe in 'Notes and Records of the Royal Society' Volume 49 (1995) pages 57-70.

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Royal Society

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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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  • English

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