[A glase to them that bee of understandinge, and to…]

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 196
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16--
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • Sm. 4to. 39 pages + 3 pages index. 21.7x17.6 cm. Bd. in vellum

Scope and Content

A glase to them that bee of understandinge, and to the unwise, Foolishnes. The first parte doeth containe the true composition of the twoe Elixirs to the white and alsoe redd; The seconde parte doeth containe the waie of the makinge of the greate redd stone of the philosophers, and also of the white stone called Lunaria. Written by an Alderman of Parris to his sonne at his departure out of this worlde in anno 1432, by John Sammer. In English]. XVIIth century.
Translation of a treatuse on the composition of the white and redd elixiss...

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