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Shelfmark

MS 207

Title

Compilation of works on alchemy. manuscript.

Varying form of title

Distinctive title: A course of medicinal chymistrie, shewing how one shall make the operations necessary for the preparation of chimycall medicaments

Publication, distribution, etc.

England, 1600s.

Physical description

1 volume (91 leaves) : paper ; 35 x 25 cm.

Note

Two separate works on alchemical medicine, bound together. The first is A course of medicinal chymistrie, shewing how one shall make the operations necessary for the preparation of chimycall medicaments. The second is an untitled compilation of pharmacological recipes.

Note

Devised title.

Note

The first document is written in an English seventeenth century hand, is ruled in black chalk, and contains drawings in red and black chalk.

Note

The first document is paginated in ink in two sequences: 42, [6], 60, [8] p.

Note

An index included in the first document, beginning the second sequence of paginated pages.

Note

The second document is unpaginated and written in a seventeenth century hand, possibly Italian?

Note

The second document has catchwords, and appears to be a fragment.

Note

Seventeenth or eighteenth century inscription on second front flyleaf: E Libris Georgij Fowler Tilsley.

Note

Inscription on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College by Francis Warre-Cornish whilst Vice Provost of Eton. He in turn was given it by M. Eyre Matcham in 1904.

Note

Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.

Binding

17th century English dark brown sprinkled calf; gold tooled double fillet frame, with small pomegranite fleurons at each corner; gold tooled zig zag roll on board edges; gold tooled double fillet on spine; five raised bands; red and brown sprinkled edges.

Subject

Alchemy Early works to 1800.

Subject

Medicine Formulae, receipts, prescriptions Early works to 1800.

Subject

Drugs Early works to 1800.

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Added entry--place

England

Language code

lat eng

Identifier

B46679
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