Chaos of the Sages, anonymously translated into English, with much additional matter, partly in French and Latin

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Title: Chaos of the Sages, anonymously translated into English, with much additional matter, partly in French and Latin
Creator: Locques, Nicolas de, active 17th century
Published / Created: [ca. 1765]
Publication Place: England
Description: In English.
Script: Written in a careful cursive hand sloping slightly to the right in a single column 170 x 110 mm without bordering lines or ruling. the text has been partly corrected by another hand and with significant marginalia throughout by this hand in inks of different hues.
Watermarks: Paper watermarked with a crowned coat of arms, probably a Dutch paper not certainly identified.
Binding: English binding of diced brown Russia leather, a border of gilt dots around the edges of the covers, inside and out, the backstrip in compartments similarly treated, original title label on second compartment from top gold-lettered: "Anonimo Manuscritto di un Vero Adepto." Plain edges. Hinges and corners repaired.
Tome 1: 1 smaller leaf 220 x 140 mm inserted after first leaf of index.
Tome 2: 1 smaller leaf 190 x 112 mm inserted after page 157.
Provenance: Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
Extent: 2 volumes in 1 (ff. 4 unnumbered, 25, [1], 26-64, [1], 65-98 pp., ff. 6 unnumbered ; 1 f. unnumbered, 213 pp., 1 unnumbered page, ff. 20 unnumbered) : 230 x 182 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

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Citation: Alchemical and Rosicrucian Compendium. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.