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Pasted inside the upper cover of Vol. I is the armorial book-plate of Nicolas Le Camus, who was Président de la Cour des Aides, and who died in 1767. Below this is the armorial book-plate in gold on sable of Stanislas de Guaita [1860-1897]. On the verso of the fly-leaf to this volume is an inscription by him, giving a short account of the work headed 'Ex libris Kabbalisticis Stanislai de Guaita'. This MS. is entered as No. 1952 in Dorbon's Catalogue of the De Guaita Library.
GB 0120 MSS.3758, 3759 [1750] Collection 2 volumes Paracelsus (Bombastus ab Hohenheim) , Aureolis Phillippus Theophrastus , 1493-1541
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Pasted inside the upper cover of Vol. I is the armorial book-plate of Nicolas Le Camus, who was Président de la Cour des Aides, and who died in 1767. Below this is the armorial book-plate in gold on sable of Stanislas de Guaita [1860-1897]. On the verso of the fly-leaf to this volume is an inscription by him, giving a short account of the work headed 'Ex libris Kabbalisticis Stanislai de Guaita'. This MS. is entered as No. 1952 in Dorbon's Catalogue of the De Guaita Library.
Purchased 1936.
Aurore australe de Théophraste A[u]réole Paracelse Archydoxes magiques contenans l'Art de la Chryzopée. Illustrated with a few rough pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus, etc. Written in French, German, and Latin by the same hand throughout, this manuscript contains alchemical, chemical and iatro-chemical receipts and extracts from the works of Paracelsus and his followers. The latest dated receipt, 1748, is found on p. 697 of Vol. I: the 104 ll. at the end of Vol. II contain a copious index.
As set out above in Scope and Content.
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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2 vols. 1 l. + 943 pp. + 1 bl. l., 1 l. + 526 pp. + 5 bl. ll. + 104 ll. 8vo. 16 × 161/2 cm. Original olive gilt-stamped morocco binding.
Described in: S A J Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library online catalogue.
Compiled in compliance with 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.
November 2008 Chemistry Alchemy Mysticism Magic Paracelsus (Bombastus ab Hohenheim) , Aureolis Phillippus Theophrastus , 1493-1541
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Purchased 1936.
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Aurore australe de Théophraste A[u]réole Paracelse Archydoxes magiques contenans l'Art de la Chryzopée. Illustrated with a few rough pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus, etc. Written in French, German, and Latin by the same hand throughout, this manuscript contains alchemical, chemical and iatro-chemical receipts and extracts from the works of Paracelsus and his followers. The latest dated receipt, 1748, is found on p. 697 of Vol. I: the 104 ll. at the end of Vol. II contain a copious index.
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Described in: S A J Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Compiled in compliance with 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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