Manuscript on paper containing 1) Le veau d'or, an unidentified alchemy in French. 2) Le rosaire des philosophes, an unidentified text incorporating many borrowings from medieval alchemy. 3) W.R., Experimentum verae confectionis philosophorum lapidis,...
Alternative Title:
Le veau d'or
Description:
Binding: Original mottled calf, the flat back divided into compartments by fold rules, floral ornaments gold-stamped in the compartments, modern leather title label on backstrip, original red edges; hinges, corners, and edges repaired.
Manuscript on parchment and paper, written in two parts. Part I (parchment, written ca. 1490): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Descriptions of various herbs. Part II (paper, added ca. 1800): 3) Alchemy. 4) Recipes for maki...
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Formulas, recipes, etc, Herbs, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prussian blue
Alcune composizioni di diversi autori in lode del ritratto della Sabina Alcvne composizioni di diversi avtori in lode del ritratto della Sabina
Description:
Dedication signed by the compiler, Michelagnolo Sermartelli.
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Bartolomeo Sermartelli,
Subject (Name):
Feltrinelli, Giannalisa--Stamp., Giambologna,--1529-1608.--Rape of a Sabine--Poetry., Sermartelli, Bartolomeo, fl. 1563-1600., Sermartelli, Michelangelo., and Vecchietti, Bernardo.
Includes manuscript of "Any Georgian (In Memoriam E. M.)"; letters co- authored by Norman Douglas; and a pamphlet by Alexander Robertson, "Vandalism of the Roman Catholic Church"