Rosengarten der Philosophen

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 96
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • 183 folios. 20.6x14.5 cm. Bound in blind-stamped calf with a roll dated 1549.

Scope and Content

Rosengarten der Philosophen, [d.i.] zwei[ter] theil der Alchimie, von der warhafftigen weise, Den philosophischen Steyn zu bereitenn, Jnhaltende den rechten vorganck derselbigen kunst, mit schönen figuren (welche auch die vollckhomenheit diser sachen gruntlich aufweise) vertzeret. 16th century.
Text originally included 21 woodcuts, taken from a copy of the Latin edition of the Rosarium Philosophorum 1550, partly coloured pale yellow and pasted in. The last two plates have been lost though the original space they were pasted in is still visible.
Inscribed on title page: 'Bartholomaeus Thomas A° 1622.'

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