[Notes from various alchemical works by Sigismund B…]

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 314/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17--
  • Language of Material
    • German
  • Physical Description
    • 4to. 32 folios. 20.8x16.6 cm. Wrappers

Scope and Content

Notes from various alchemical works by Sigismund Bacstrom. Mostly in German but some in English.. XVIIIth century.
One of 6 similarly bound volumes.
Notes from the following works]: Ettmuller/ Hamburger (1686)/ Bate's Dispensory/ Brandende salamander/ G. Rothe Chymie/ Digby's physical receipts [in English]/ Kerkringius/ Kesler's Chym: processe/ Basilius (1694)/ Zimara/ Curiöses Laboratorium process.
See Lancilotti, 'Carlo De brandende salamander, ofte ontleedinge der chymicale stoffen...', Amsterdam, 1680, which was issued in German in the following year with the title 'Der brennende Salamander, oder Zerlegung, der zu der Chimie gehörigen Materien...', Frankfurt, 1681.

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Personal Names

Bacstrom, Sigismund