Maniere de tirer l'esprit de miel

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 57
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17--
  • Language of Material
    • French
  • Physical Description
    • 4to. 28 folios. 25.6x19.1 cm. Cloth

Scope and Content

La maniere de tirer l'esprit de miel... (and other secrets, &c.) [In French]. XVIIIth century.
1. f1-3r [Extracts in French on alchemy. Incomplete, begins with Chapter 8 and continues to chapter 11. Chapter 8 is entitled 'Sa maniere de tirer l'Espirit du miel'.]
2. f3r-20 [Continues in Latin with passages in French, following the title 'Mundatio Salis Communis'.]
3. f21-28 [Recipes in French, in different hand from previous section.]
[References to works by Ripley on f16v 'Viaticum Georgii Riplaeii', and f18v 'Opus valde bonum ex Piplaeii factum'.]

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