Secrets de chymie et medicine

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 146
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16--
  • Language of Material
    • French
  • Physical Description
    • 4to. 466 + 48 + 207 pages. 23.5x18 cm. Calf

Scope and Content

Les vrais segrets de medicine et chimie, des plus celebres medicins de l'univers et chimistres.. [In French]. XVIIth century.
1. p1-292 Secrets Chymiques.
[Extracts from 'Traicte de la Chymie' by Nicolas de Fevre, 12 Clefs du Valentin, etc.]
2. p293-466 Remedes tires de differents Autheurs.
3. p1-48 [New page numbering.] 3 Livre.
[Notes on alchemy in French.]
4. p1-207 [Another new page numbering.] 4 Livre De chimie. Copie d'un manuscrit escrit en l'an 1570. sur du parchemin qui contient de grandes Choses.
[Pen drawings of alchemical apparatus on pp.70-73.

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