Manuscript on paper of a collection of texts by Nicolas de Locques, in which practical laboratory procedures are mingled with speculative and mystical alchemy
Chtenii︠a︡ Imperatorskoĭ akademii i nauk v Sanktpeterburge : za 1829 i 1830 gody and Чтения Императорской академии и наук в Санктпетербурге : за 1829 и 1830 годы
Description:
"Knizhka I."
Publisher:
Pri Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk and При Императорской академiи наукъ
Manuscript, on paper, in several cursive hands, containing a variety of alchemical, medical, and other "scientific" texts in Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French. Contents include two Middle English poems, one on the four temperments, and th...
Description:
In Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Science
A man sits in front of a fireplace, his left hand on his forehead as if in pain. With his right hand he extends a pair of tongs into the fire, at the end of which is a document entitled "For the Times". On the floor behind him is a large pile of simil...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published July 21, 1832, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket and Printed by Maguire, Lemercier & Co., 24, Leicester Sq.
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868. and Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
